Classical Myth and Culture in the Cinema by Martin M Winkler

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.

The innovative value and the extraordinary quality of the book show the vitality of classical tradition in contemporary culture and the hermeneutic importance of the 'fusion between past and present'* Classical World *

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.

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ISBN 13	9780195130041
ISBN 10	0195130049
Title	Classical Myth and Culture in the Cinema
Author	Martin M Winkler
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year published	2001-07-05
Number of pages	360
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