Classical Myth and Culture in the Cinema
Classical Myth and Culture in the Cinema
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Zusammenfassung
This title comprises a collection of essays presenting a variety of approaches to films set in Ancient Greece and Rome and to films that reflect archetypal features of classical literature.
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Classical Myth and Culture in the Cinema by Martin M Winkler
Classical Myth and Culture in the Cinema is a collection of essays presenting a variety of approaches to films set in Ancient Greece and Rome and to films that reflect archetypal features of classical literature. The book illustrates the continuing presence of antiquity in the most varied and influential medium of modern popular culture. The diversity of content and theoretical stances found in Classical Myth and Culture in the Cinema will make this volume required reading for scholars and students interested in the presence of Greece and Rome in modern popular culture.
Illuminating and thought-provoking readings, making the potential readership of this book large and wide-ranging * Greece & Rome *
Winkler, Martin M.: - Martin M. Winkler is University Professor and Professor of Classics at George Mason University, Virginia. His most recent books are Cinema and Classical Texts: Apollo's New Light (Cambridge, 2009), The Roman Salute: Cinema, History, Ideology (2009), and Arminius the Liberator: Myth and Ideology (2015). He has also published numerous articles, book chapters, and reviews, and edited several essay collections on classical antiquity and film.
| SKU | Nicht verfügbar |
| ISBN 13 | 9780195130034 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195130030 |
| Titel | Classical Myth and Culture in the Cinema |
| Autor | Martin M Winkler |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Hardback |
| Verlag | Oxford University Press |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2001-07-19 |
| Seitenanzahl | 360 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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