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Ovid's Myth of Pygmalion on Screen : In Pursuit of the Perfect Woman.
Why has the myth of Pygmalion and his ivory statue proved so inspirational for writers, artists, philosophers, scientists, and directors and creators of films and television series? The authorised' version of the story appears in the epic poem of transformations, Metamorphoses, by the first-cen...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Continuum International Pub.,
2011.
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| Colección: | Continuum studies in classical reception.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 Ovid's Rich Text: Layers of Identity in the Pygmalion Myth; Chapter 2 Tragic Transformations: Making and Breaking the Statue on Screen; Chapter 3 Romancing the Stone: the Made- Over Woman as Comedy; Chapter 4 She Was Venus All Along: the Statue as Screen Goddess; Chapter 5 Pygmalion's Robots: the Horror and the Humour; Chapter 6 Bathos and Pathos: a Simulacrum among Simulacra; Chapter 7 Virtually Perfect: Hi and Lo Tech Gals of the Computer Age; Chapter 8 More Myth Making at the Movies.
- Appendix: Ovid's PygmalionNotes; Bibliography; Filmography; Index.