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- catalog abstract ""Drawing on diverse disciplines including classics, anthropology, psychology, and literary studies, this product of twenty years' scholarship provides a detailed topology of the hero in western myth: birth, parentage, familial ties, sexuality, character, deeds, death, and afterlife. Dean A. Miller examines the place of the hero in the physical world (wilderness, castle, prison cell) and in society (among monarchs, fools, shamans, rivals, and gods). He looks at the hero in battle and quest; at his political status; and at his relationship to established religion. The book spans western epic traditions, including Greek, Roman, Nordic, and Celtic, as well as the Indian and Persian legacies. A large section of the book also examines the figures who modify or accompany the hero: partners, helpers (animal and sometimes monstrous), foes, foils, and even antitypes."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11598766.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""Drawing on diverse disciplines including classics, anthropology, psychology, and literary studies, this product of twenty years' scholarship provides a detailed topology of the hero in western myth: birth, parentage, familial ties, sexuality, character, deeds, death, and afterlife. Dean A. Miller examines the place of the hero in the physical world (wilderness, castle, prison cell) and in society (among monarchs, fools, shamans, rivals, and gods). He looks at the hero in battle and quest; at his political status; and at his relationship to established religion. The book spans western epic traditions, including Greek, Roman, Nordic, and Celtic, as well as the Indian and Persian legacies.".
- catalog description "A large section of the book also examines the figures who modify or accompany the hero: partners, helpers (animal and sometimes monstrous), foes, foils, and even antitypes."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "The hero from on high -- The heroic biography -- The framework of adventure -- The hero "speaks" -- Foils, fools, and antiheroes -- Tertium quid: aspects of liminality -- The final hero: beyond immortality.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 501 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Epic hero.".
- catalog identifier "0801862396 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Epic hero.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press,".
- catalog relation "Epic hero.".
- catalog subject "809/.93352 21".
- catalog subject "Epic literature History and criticism Theory, etc.".
- catalog subject "Heroes in literature.".
- catalog subject "PN56.E65 M55 2000".
- catalog tableOfContents "The hero from on high -- The heroic biography -- The framework of adventure -- The hero "speaks" -- Foils, fools, and antiheroes -- Tertium quid: aspects of liminality -- The final hero: beyond immortality.".
- catalog title "The epic hero / Dean A. Miller.".
- catalog type "text".