The Wounds that Heal : Heroism and Human Development.
Title:
The Wounds that Heal : Heroism and Human Development.
Author:
Schwartz, Judith A.
ISBN:
9780761851806
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (155 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter I. Introduction -- Chapter II. Defining the Hero -- Chapter III. Heroism and Human Development Theory -- Chapter IV. Heroes Real and Imagined -- Chapter V. Summation -- Chapter VI. Becoming a Hero -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
This book examines developmental theory in light of heroic narrative and argues that such theory should be adjusted to accommodate the experience of those who are, in many ways, our principal role models, examining figures such as Jane Austen, T. E. Lawrence, Winston Churchill and George S. Patton, Jr.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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