Spartacus in the Television Arena - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0786498013 ISBN 13 : 9780786498017

Editeur : McFarland & Co Inc, 2015

Synopsis

Spartacus, the Thracian gladiator turned rebel leader, endures as a near-mythic hero who fought for the oppressed against a Roman oligarchy built on the backs of slave labor. The image of Spartacus as a noble if doomed avenger is familiar and his story has been retold through history as a cautionary tale about social injustice.

The television series Spartacus takes a different view, with a violent depiction of the man and his times and a focus on the archetype of the gladiator--powerful, courageous and righteous. This collection of new essays studies the series as an exploration of masculinity.

In the world of Spartacus, men jockey for social position, question the nature of their lives, examine their relationships with women and with each other, and explore their roles in society and the universe. The series also offers a compelling study of the composite nature of historical narrative in television and film, where key facts from original sources are interwoven with period embellishments, presenting audiences with a history and a fiction whose lines remain blurred by a distant yet all-too-familiar past.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Michael G. Cornelius is a professor of English and director of the Master's of Humanities program at Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. He is an award-winning novelist and the author or editor of numerous scholarly works.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: McFarland & Co Inc
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0786498013
• ISBN 13: 9780786498017
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 220
• Éditeur: Cornelius Michael G.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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