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Heroic Biography

Heroic Biography is a scholarly narrative genre that chronicles the life, deeds, and moral significance of a hero within a culturally valorized historical or legendary framework, distinguished by its focus on individual agency, exemplary virtues, and transformative impact within the broader corpus of heroic legends and narratives.

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62

Authors

22

Institutions

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2017–2026

3

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Publications

55

Garibaldi: invention of a hero

Choice Reviews Online · 2008 · 146 citations

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A godly hero: the life of William Jennings Bryan

Choice Reviews Online · 2007 · 112 citations

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The Archaeology of Weapons: Arms and Armour from Prehistory to the Age of Chivalry

Stephen V. Grancsay, Robert Oakeshott · Technology and Culture · 1961 · 90 citations

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The Last Hero: Wild Bill Donovan

W. P. B., Anthony Cave Brown · Foreign Affairs · 1983 · 84 citations

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William Henry Welch and the Heroic Age of American Medicine

Harrison John Thornton, Simon Flexner, James Thomas Flexner · The Mississippi Valley Historical Review · 1942 · 71 citations

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Authors

62

  1. WW
    William W. Savage

    University of Oklahoma, United States

    2 publications · 35 citations

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  2. RF
    Richard Fantina

    2 publications · 35 citations

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  3. JT
    James Thomas Flexner

    Graduate Hospital, United States

    2 publications · 86 citations

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  4. DW
    Dixon Wecter

    The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, United States

    2 publications · 69 citations

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  5. SF
    Simon Flexner

    Institute for Medical Research, Malaysia

    2 publications · 86 citations

    2

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Institutions

22

  1. Iowa State University

    Ames, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    114 citations

  2. Brandeis University

    Waltham, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    34 citations

  3. University of Iowa

    Iowa City, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    71 citations

  4. University of Wales Institute Cardiff

    Singapore, Singapore

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    31 citations

  5. Washington State University

    Pullman, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    22 citations

  6. British Antarctic Survey

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  7. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    57 citations

  8. Cardiff University

    Cardiff, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    31 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 9 publications · 400 citations

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  2. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 6 publications · 138 citations

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  3. The Journal of Hellenic Studies

    2 publications · 89 citations

    2

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  4. The Journal of Southern History

    2 publications · 56 citations

    2

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  5. The Mississippi Valley Historical Review

    2 publications · 114 citations

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