HeroesIn this text, Lucy Hughes-Hallett attempts to understand the figure of the hero. Beginning with Achilles, the paradigmatic hero, she tells the histories and stories of Alcibiades, Cato, El Cid, Nelson, General Gordon, Captain Scott, Buffalo Bill and Francis Drake amongst others. She creates the image of the hero and excavates the reality of heroism. |
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