Title: The changing face of the hero /
Authors: Standen, Rodney, 1937-
Publisher: Theosophical Pub. House,
Year: 1987
Subjects: Heroes in literature; Self-realization in literature.; Archetype (Psychology)
Contents: The archetype of a hero (Homer, The odyssey, I) -- A changing face? (Homer, The Odyssey, II) -- The new heroes -- The hero in grey flannel (James Joyce, Ulysses) -- A handbook for the future (Nikos Kazantzakis, "The odyssey, a modern sequel") -- The hero in limbo -- A search for the infinite (Leo Tolstoy, War and peace) -- A fairy tale hero ("The faithful Johannes," I) -- A Christian John ("The faithful Johannes," II) -- The Jungian self (The faithful Johannes," III) -- An esoteric composite ("The faithful Johannes," IV) -- The hero goes East (Somerset Maugham, The razor's edge ; Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha) -- The ripeness of time.