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 ot 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 Heros and Navigating the schwule Erfolgsgeschichte
Craig Griffiths
(Re-)Bonded to Britain: The Meta-Heroic Discourse of Skyfall (2012)
Barbara Korte