This book is about the manifestations and explorations of the heroic in narrative literature since around 1800. It traces the most important stages of this repr

This study explores the work of Frank Mundell, a late-Victorian author for the Sunday School Union. Mundell focused on heroism and represented various kinds of

This reference work is an important resource in the growing field of heroism studies. It presents concepts, research, and events key to understanding heroism, h

Home front heroism investigates how civilians were recognised and celebrated as heroic during the Second World War. Through a focus on London, this book explore

Heroes and heroic discourse have gained new visibility in the twenty-first century. This is noted in recent research on the heroic, but it has been largely igno