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Literary Case Studies in Cowardice

By Richard Hillyer

Literary Case Studies in Cowardice

By Richard Hillyer

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This book offers case studies from throughout literature to reveal cowardice as a more complex and interesting phenomenon than typically understood. Pushing beyond the straightforward treatment of cowardice in military contexts and others where it is subject to punishment or severe condemnation, Hillyer asks: how do cowards survive in a world generally hostile to them and why do they attract such wide vituperation? Following a lexical and literary overview of cowardice starting with the Oxford English Dictionary to provide a big picture, chapters provide deep dives into specific cowardly character representatives, including Shakespeare's Parolles (All's Well That Ends Well), English poet and politician Edmund Waller, and Joseph Conrad's Hirsch (Nostromo).
Product details
Number of Pages:
292
Release Date:
2025-09-01
Publication Date:
2025-09-01
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
3031987993
ISBN13:
9783031987991
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
491 g
Height:
153 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
21 cm
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