Le Carnet de campagne du colonel de Villebois-Mareuil : journal de bord d’un « volontaire » d’extrême-droite troublé by Richard Tholoniat

“…After his death in Boshof (South Africa), Villebois-Mareuil was presented by a majority of French people as a hero, honoured by a ceremony at Notre-Dame, monuments, street names, iconographic representations and books and articles in his memory. …”
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Cinema and Identity: Criss-Cross Reflections by Irina S. Semenenko, Vladimir I. Pantin, Elena V. Morozova

“…The authors conclude that as of today, the expectation of a hero is an unmet public demand in contemporary cinema.…”
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The Spartan King Leonidas I: History and modern times by E.A. Tchiglintsev, N.A. Shadrina

“…While the novelists describe Leonidas I as a tragic personality, the authors of the comics only invest him with functions attributable to the stereotypic visions of a hero.…”
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Bohuslaus of Lobkowicz and Hassenstein. A Poet between Nations and Denominations by Marta Vaculínová

“…Although a fervent Catholic, in the sixteenth century he became a model for Czech non-Catholic humanists of Wittenberg training, for whom he represented a hero who liberated his country from barbarism. The Catholics did not “take him back” until long after the defeat of the non-Catholic Estates, and in the second half of the seventeenth century the Jesuits presented a legend of him as a poet laureate of the Pope himself. …”
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„L’ uomo nuovo” nei testi di Virginie Despentes e Sandro Veronesi by Magdalena Lange-Henszke

“…Religion, philosophy, politics, literature, art, science perceive the new man as a perfect individual, a hero or a charismatic leader of a new humanity, liberated from all evil. …”
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Construction of the image of Ermak in late XVI – XVII centuries: official, church and folk practices by S. A. Chernyshov

“…This study shows how, as a result of collective action on the construction of «Ermak» by various subjects of communication (government, church, Stroganovs, folk art), a contradictory but universal image of a hero has come down to us, suitable for any communication task — from justifying «Cossack freemen» to evidence of the «state» nature of the campaign to Siberia.…”
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Imagist Novel’s Poetics: “Bid Me to Live” by H.D. by Yevheniya Chernokova

“…Aldington’s “Death of a Hero”. Narrative’s “vertical structure” (S. Friedman), typical for a lyric novel, focuses on the narrative-transformation of heroine at the moment of her deepest personal crisis both in the life of a woman and an artist against the catastrophic background of the First World War.    …”
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Legal Disputes of Emigrant Periodical Publishers from the End of the 19th Century to 1904 by Remigijus Misiūnas

“…Conversely, the press opposing “Saulė” presented the case as a matter of great significance, serving Lithuanian interests, and depicted the initiator of the case almost as a hero sacrificing for the good of the emigrant community, using colourful epithets and emotional expressions (similar to “Saulė”). …”
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