| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 163 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-160) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: The Paradox of the Hesitant Hero -- Aeneas, or Hesitation in Hesperia -- Context -- Problematic Ending -- To Kill or Not to Kill -- Inhibition: The Pause That Represses -- Historical Analogy -- Orestes, or Anguish in Argos -- Curse of the Atrides -- Orestes' Hesitation -- Consequences -- Dramatic Context -- Historical Dimension -- Trojan Dilemma -- Parzival, or Silence at Munsalvaesche -- Parzival's Hesitation -- Mysteries of Munsalvaesche -- Sequel -- Hesitation Re-Viewed -- Fin-de-sic̀ˆle Concerns -- Hamlet, or Anomy in Elsinore -- Hamlet, Aeneas, Orestes -- Preliminaries -- Hamlet's "Antic Disposition" -- Rotten State -- Time out of Joint -- Wallenstein, or Evasions in Bohemia -- Background -- Wallenstein's Delay -- Wallenstein's Hesitation -- War as Paradigm -- Wavering Heroes, from Scotland to Spain -- Wavering Hero -- Hegelian View -- Romantic Varieties -- Modern Modifications. |
| Summary |
"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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Heroes in literature.
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Heroes in literature. |
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Hesitation in literature.
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Hesitation in literature. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ziolkowski, Theodore. Hesitant heroes. Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2004 0801442036 (DLC) 2003020657 (OCoLC)53084079 |
| ISBN |
9781501711275 (electronic book) |
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150171127X (electronic book) |
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0801442036 |
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9780801442032 |
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