Killing Hercules

Author : Richard Rowland
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781317109099

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This book offers an entirely new reception history of the myth of Hercules and his wife/killer Deianira. The book poses, and attempts to answer, two important and related questions. First, why have artists across two millennia felt compelled to revisit this particular myth to express anxieties about violence at both a global and domestic level? Secondly, from the moment that Sophocles disrupted a myth about the definitive exemplar of masculinity and martial prowess and turned it into a story about domestic abuse, through to a 2014 production of Handel’s Hercules that was set in the context of the ‘war on terror’, the reception history of this myth has been one of discontinuity and conflict; how and why does each culture reinvent this narrative to address its own concerns and discontents, and how does each generation speak to, qualify or annihilate the certainties of its predecessors in order to understand, contain or exonerate the aggression with which their governors – of state and of the household – so often enforce their authority, and the violence to which their nations, and their homes, are perennially vulnerable?

Author : Robert Weisbrot
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publications
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1589791207

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Hercules by Robert Weisbrot Pdf

This book is a follow up to the author's successful first book on the show. In this, he writes about the final three seasons. The author's passionate introspection contains cast profiles and commentary from the stars on each episode.

Author : Alastair J.L. Blanshard,Emma Stafford
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 698 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004440067

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The Modern Hercules by Alastair J.L. Blanshard,Emma Stafford Pdf

The Modern Hercules explores the reception of the ancient Greek hero Herakles – the Roman Hercules – in western culture from the nineteenth century to the present day, exploring the hero’s transformations of identity and significance in a wide range of media.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 806 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780192889683

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Seneca Hercules by Anonim Pdf

Hercules is a tragedy of great theatrical, poetic, and cultural value. Written probably at the intersection of the principates of Claudius and Nero, it addresses central issues of early imperial Rome, even as it speaks profoundly to our times. Among its concerns are violence and madness; imperatives of family and self; Rome, identity and place; the nature of virtue; the longing for immortality; the theatre of rage; and the empire of death. The play is dramatically innovative, spectacular, and arresting: from its fiery, monumental god-prologue (the only one in Senecan tragedy), through meditative soliloquies, impassioned speeches, trenchant dialogue, a failed wooing scene with an impressive after-life in Tudor drama, a stunning entrance for Hercules and his captured hellhound, Theseus' ecphrastic narrative of the hero's infernal 'labour', to a familicidal madness scene and an emotionally turbulent, non-violent finale, in which the instinct for self-punitive suicide is thwarted by the claims of kinship and the acceptance of intolerable suffering. The whole is bound together by some of Seneca's most affective choral lyrics, as intellectually engaging as they are emotionally potent. Hercules is A. J. Boyle's sixth, full-scale edition for OUP of a play by or attributed to Seneca. It offers a comprehensive introduction, newly edited Latin text, English verse translation designed for both performance and academic study, and a detailed exegetic, analytic, and interpretative commentary. The aim has been to elucidate the text dramatically as well as philologically, and to locate the play firmly in its contemporary historical and theatrical context and the ensuing literary and dramatic tradition. As such, its substantial influence on European drama from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries is given emphasis throughout; this and the accessibility of the commentary to Latinless readers make the edition particularly useful to scholars and students not only of classics, but also of comparative literature and drama, and to anyone interested in the cultural dynamics of literary reception and the interplay between theatre and history.

Author : Richard Rowland
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317109082

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Killing Hercules by Richard Rowland Pdf

This book offers an entirely new reception history of the myth of Hercules and his wife/killer Deianira. The book poses, and attempts to answer, two important and related questions. First, why have artists across two millennia felt compelled to revisit this particular myth to express anxieties about violence at both a global and domestic level? Secondly, from the moment that Sophocles disrupted a myth about the definitive exemplar of masculinity and martial prowess and turned it into a story about domestic abuse, through to a 2014 production of Handel’s Hercules that was set in the context of the ‘war on terror’, the reception history of this myth has been one of discontinuity and conflict; how and why does each culture reinvent this narrative to address its own concerns and discontents, and how does each generation speak to, qualify or annihilate the certainties of its predecessors in order to understand, contain or exonerate the aggression with which their governors – of state and of the household – so often enforce their authority, and the violence to which their nations, and their homes, are perennially vulnerable?

Author : John S. McHugh
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473871670

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The Emperor Commodus by John S. McHugh Pdf

This historical biography goes beyond popular legend to present a nuanced portrait of the first century Roman emperor. Commodus, who ruled over Rome from 177 to 192, is generally remembered as a debaucherous megalomaniac who fought as a gladiator. Ridiculed and maligned by historians since his own time, modern popular culture knows him as the patricidal villain in Ridley Scott’s film Gladiator. Much of his infamy is clearly based on fact, but John McHugh reveals a more complex story in the first full-length biography of Commodus to appear in English. McHugh sets Commodus’s twelve-year reign in its historical context, showing that the ‘kingdom of gold’ he supposedly inherited was actually an empire devastated by plague and war. Openly autocratic, Commodus compromised the privileges and vested interests of the senatorial clique, who therefore plotted to murder him. Surviving repeated conspiracies only convinced Commodus that he was under divine protection, increasingly identifying himself as Hercules reincarnate. This and his antics in the arena allowed his senatorial enemies to present Commodus as a mad tyrant—thereby justifying his eventual murder.

Author : Nancy Loewen
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0736800492

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Hercules by Nancy Loewen Pdf

Surveys classical mythology, discussing the relationship between Greek and Roman myths, and describes the birth and life of the demigod Hercules, known as Heracles in Greek mythology.

Author : Philip Freeman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781451609998

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Oh My Gods by Philip Freeman Pdf

From acclaimed writer and scholar Philip Freeman, a contemporary retelling of classic Greek and Roman mythology. The Greek and Roman myths have never died out; in fact they are as relevant today as ever in their sharp observations about human nature. For thousands of years they have inspired plays, operas, and paintings; today they live on in movies and video games. Oh My Gods is a contemporary retelling of some of the most popular myths by Philip Freeman, a noted classicist. These tales of errant gods, fantastic creatures, and human heroes are brought to life in fresh and modern versions. Powerful Zeus; his perpetually aggrieved wife, Hera; talented Apollo; beautiful Aphrodite; fierce Athena; the dauntless heroes Theseus and Hercules; and the doomed lovers Orpheus and Eurydice still inspire awe, give us courage, and break our hearts. From the astonishing tales of the Argonauts to the immortal narrative of the Battle of Troy, these ancient tales have inspired writers from Shakespeare to J. K. Rowling. In Philip Freeman’s vibrant retelling they will doubtless inspire a new generation of readers.

Author : Apollodorus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1921
Category : Mythology, Greek
ISBN : IOWA:31858007068996

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The Library [by] Apollodorus by Apollodorus Pdf

Author : Dean Miller
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781627125666

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Beliefs, Rituals, and Symbols of Ancient Greece and Rome by Dean Miller Pdf

Greek and Roman mythology is forever linked for a myriad of reasons. Historians believe this could be because many of the Roman deities were adopted from the Greek. However, there are many that were not shared and are proudly only Roman, or only Greek. This comprehensive atlas presents dictionary entries about the major gods, heroes, and imaginary creatures of Greek and Roman mythology, along with information on some key historical figures and philosophical schools of thought. In this impressive book, the entries unfold through a pictorial and illustrated journey. Through a robust glossary, sidebars, and thematic introductions the social studies content of this fascinating subject becomes easily digestible, even for the most reluctant reader, while the further reading section inspires future research.

Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer Pdf

Author : Lana A. Whited
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0826215491

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The Ivory Tower and Harry Potter by Lana A. Whited Pdf

Now available in paper, The Ivory Tower and Harry Potter is the first book-length analysis of J. K. Rowling's work from a broad range of perspectives within literature, folklore, psychology, sociology, and popular culture. A significant portion of the book explores the Harry Potter series' literary ancestors, including magic and fantasy works by Ursula K. LeGuin, Monica Furlong, Jill Murphy, and others, as well as previous works about the British boarding school experience. Other chapters explore the moral and ethical dimensions of Harry's world, including objections to the series raised within some religious circles. In her new epilogue, Lana A. Whited brings this volume up to date by covering Rowling's latest book, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

Author : Philip Freeman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-23
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781442417304

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Heroes of Olympus by Philip Freeman Pdf

Offers adaptation of classic Greek and Roman myths from Philip Freeman's "Oh My Gods."

Author : Agatha Christie
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780007422418

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The Labours of Hercules (Poirot) by Agatha Christie Pdf

In this set of short stories, Poirot sets himself a challenge before he retires – to solve 12 cases which correspond with the labours of his classical Greek namesake...

Author : Josiah Wedgwood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Pottery
ISBN : OXFORD:600031838

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Wedgwood's Catalogue of Cameos, Intaglios, Medals, Bas-reliefs, Busts, and Small Statues by Josiah Wedgwood Pdf