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- catalog abstract ""Why, Theodore Ziolkowski wonders, does Western literature abound with figures who experience a crucial moment of uncertainty in their actions? In this highly original and engaging work, he explores the significance of these unlikely heroes for literature and history." "From Aeneas - who wavered momentarily before plunging his sword into Turnus's chest - to Hamlet, Orestes, Parzival, Wallenstein, and others, including Kafka's Josef K., Ziolkowski demonstrates that characters' private uncertainty reveals a classic opposition of binary forces."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13144546.
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description ""Why, Theodore Ziolkowski wonders, does Western literature abound with figures who experience a crucial moment of uncertainty in their actions? In this highly original and engaging work, he explores the significance of these unlikely heroes for literature and history." "From Aeneas - who wavered momentarily before plunging his sword into Turnus's chest - to Hamlet, Orestes, Parzival, Wallenstein, and others, including Kafka's Josef K., Ziolkowski demonstrates that characters' private uncertainty reveals a classic opposition of binary forces."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-160) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: The Paradox of the Hesitant Hero -- Aeneas, or Hesitation in Hesperia -- The Context -- The Problematic Ending -- To Kill or Not to Kill -- Inhibition: The Pause That Represses -- The Historical Analogy -- Orestes, or Anguish in Argos -- The Curse of the Atrides -- Orestes' Hesitation -- The Consequences -- The Dramatic Context -- The Historical Dimension -- The Trojan Dilemma -- Parzival, or Silence at Munsalvaesche -- Parzival's Hesitation -- The Mysteries of Munsalvaesche -- The Sequel -- The Hesitation Re-Viewed -- Fin-de-sic̈le Concerns -- Hamlet, or Anomy in Elsinore -- Hamlet, Aeneas, Orestes -- Preliminaries -- Hamlet's "Antic Disposition" -- The Rotten State -- Time out of Joint -- Wallenstein, or Evasions in Bohemia -- The Background -- Wallenstein's Delay -- Wallenstein's Hesitation -- War as Paradigm -- Wavering Heroes, from Scotland to Spain -- The Wavering Hero -- The Hegelian View -- Romantic Varieties -- Modern Modifications.".
- catalog extent "xi, 163 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0801442036 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press,".
- catalog subject "809/.93352 22".
- catalog subject "Heroes in literature.".
- catalog subject "Hesitation in literature.".
- catalog subject "PN56.5.H45 Z56 2004".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: The Paradox of the Hesitant Hero -- Aeneas, or Hesitation in Hesperia -- The Context -- The Problematic Ending -- To Kill or Not to Kill -- Inhibition: The Pause That Represses -- The Historical Analogy -- Orestes, or Anguish in Argos -- The Curse of the Atrides -- Orestes' Hesitation -- The Consequences -- The Dramatic Context -- The Historical Dimension -- The Trojan Dilemma -- Parzival, or Silence at Munsalvaesche -- Parzival's Hesitation -- The Mysteries of Munsalvaesche -- The Sequel -- The Hesitation Re-Viewed -- Fin-de-sic̈le Concerns -- Hamlet, or Anomy in Elsinore -- Hamlet, Aeneas, Orestes -- Preliminaries -- Hamlet's "Antic Disposition" -- The Rotten State -- Time out of Joint -- Wallenstein, or Evasions in Bohemia -- The Background -- Wallenstein's Delay -- Wallenstein's Hesitation -- War as Paradigm -- Wavering Heroes, from Scotland to Spain -- The Wavering Hero -- The Hegelian View -- Romantic Varieties -- Modern Modifications.".
- catalog title "Hesitant heroes : private inhibition, cultural crisis / Theodore Ziolkowski.".
- catalog type "text".