Front Matter -- Copyright page /Brian Murdoch -- Dedication /Brian Murdoch -- Epigraph /Brian Murdoch -- Preface /BM -- Hero and Leander: Constants and Questions /Brian Murdoch -- The Classical World /Brian Murdoch -- Ovid (Often) Moralised: the Middle Ages /Brian Murdoch -- Heroical Poems: the Renaissance and After /Brian Murdoch -- Ballads, Folk and Literary /Brian Murdoch -- Focal Points: Reflections in the Lyric /Brian Murdoch -- The Challenge of Drama /Brian Murdoch -- The Waves of Sea and Love: Grillparzer and After /Brian Murdoch -- Choice Pieces of Drollery: the Burlesques /Brian Murdoch -- Set to Music: Cantatas, Operas, and Musical Plays /Brian Murdoch -- Modern Experiments /Brian Murdoch -- Some Shallow Story of Deep Love? /Brian Murdoch -- Back Matter -- Bibliography /Brian Murdoch -- Index /Brian Murdoch. This book is a study of the literary reception of the originally Greek love-story of Hero and Leander, examining the nature of the tale and demonstrating its longevity and huge popularity from classical times to the present, in a great variety of different genres. Chapters consider the classical versions (Ovid, Musaios, Martial), medieval and renaissance versions in various European languages, folk and literary ballads (and even a pop song), the lyric, dramatic versions, settings to music, burlesques and travesties in all genres, modern reflections of the story in (experimental) literary forms
Intro -- 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,...
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Intro -- 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.