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The Reception of the Legend of Hero and Leander

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A study of the literary reception of the love-story of Hero and Leander and its popularity from classical times to the present in different genres, from epigram to epic, and including drama, opera, burlesques and modern experimental works.

Author(s): Brian Oliver Murdoch
Series: Brill's Companions to Classical Reception, 19
Publisher: Brill
Year: 2019

Language: English
Pages: 424
City: Leiden

Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 Hero and Leander: Constants and Questions
Chapter 2 The Classical World
Chapter 3 Ovid (Often) Moralised: the Middle Ages
Chapter 4 Heroical Poems: the Renaissance and After
Chapter 5 Ballads, Folk and Literary
Chapter 6 Focal Points: Reflections in the Lyric
Chapter 7 The Challenge of Drama
Chapter 8 The Waves of Sea and Love: Grillparzer and After
Chapter 9 Choice Pieces of Drollery: the Burlesques
Chapter 10 Set to Music: Cantatas, Operas, and Musical Plays
Chapter 11 Modern Experiments
Chapter 12 Some Shallow Story of Deep Love?
Bibliography
Index