The Exemplary Hercules from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment and Beyond

The Exemplary Hercules from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment and Beyond
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 415
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ISBN-10 : 9789004435414
ISBN-13 : 9004435417
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Download or read book The Exemplary Hercules from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment and Beyond written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-01-11 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Exemplary Hercules explores the reception of the ancient Greek hero Herakles – the Roman Hercules – in European culture from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment and beyond. Each chapter considers a particular work or theme in detail, raising questions about the hero’s role as model of the princely ruler, and examining how the worthiness of this exemplary type came, in time, to be subverted. The volume is one of four to be published in the Metaforms series examining the extraordinarily persistent figuring of Herakles-Hercules in western culture up to the present day, drawing together scholars from a range of disciplines to offer a unique insight into the hero’s perennial, but changingly problematic, appeal.


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