Epic heroes on screen /

Since 2000, numerous heroes of the ancient world have appeared on film and TV, from the mythical Hercules to leaders of the Greek and Roman worlds. This collection brings together a range of perspectives on twenty-first century cinematic representations of heroes from the ancient world.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Augoustakis, Antony (Editor ), Raucci, Stacie (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018]
Colección:Screening antiquity.
Temas:
Heroes in motion pictures.
Heroes on television.
Mythology, Classical, in motion pictures.
Epic poetry, Classical > Adaptations.
Héros au cinéma.
Héros à la télévision.
Mythologie ancienne au cinéma.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
HISTORY > Latin America > Central America.
Epic poetry, Classical
Heroes in motion pictures
Heroes on television
Mythology, Classical, in motion pictures
Electronic books.
Adaptations
Adaptations.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Antony Augoustakis and Stacie Raucci
  • 1. Hercules and the millennial generation / Jon Solomon
  • 2. Hercules : the mythopoetics of new heroism / Alastair J.L. Blanshard
  • 3. Hercules, Putin, and the heroic body on screen in 2014 / Emma Stafford
  • 4. Heroes and companions in Hercules (2014) / Angeline Chiu
  • 5. Sacrifice and salvific heroism in Supernatural (2005- ) / Meredith E. Safran
  • 6. Russell Crowe and maximal projections in Noah (2014) / Monica S. Cyrino
  • 7. The immortality of Theseus and his myth / Margaret M. Toscano
  • 8. The changing faces of heroism in Atlantis (2013-15) / Amanda Potter
  • 9. Xena : warrior, heroine, tramp / Anise K. Strong
  • 10. Divergent heroism in Centurion (2010) / Hunter H. Gardner
  • 11. The hero in a thousand pieces : antiheroes in recent epic cinema / Daniel Curley
  • 12. Trouble in the Tehran multiplex / Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
  • 13. Ancient (anti)heroes on screen and ancient Greece post-9/11 / Vincent Tomasso
  • 14. Making modern (anti)heroes, the ancient way / Alex McAuley.

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