helden. heroes. héros. Special Issue 1 (2014)
Introduction: Languages and Functions of the Heroic
Barbara Korte, Birgit Studt
The Hero in the Early Modern Period and Beyond: An Elusive Cultural Construct and an Indispensable Focus of Social Identity?
Ronald G. Asch
A Saintly Rescuer for a Shakespearean Villain: The Hours of Richard III and Saint Ninian
David A. Harrap
Humouring the Hero: The Uses of Melancholy among Military Nobles in Late Elizabethan England
Andreas Schlüter
Emotions and Affects of the Heroic - An Analysis of Pierre Corneille's Drama Nicomède (1651)
Jakob Willis
Staging Admiration in John Dryden's Indian Emperour, or the Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards (1667)
Christiane Hansen
Between Triumph and Myth: Gay Heroes and Navigating the schwule Erfolgsgeschichte
Craig Griffiths
Deconstructing the Heroic Myth of the War Correspondent - Chris Ayres's Memoir War Reporting for Cowards
Kathrin Göb