Bigger Than Ben-Hur: The Book, Its Adaptations, and Their Audiences - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 081563417X ISBN 13 : 9780815634171

Editeur : Syracuse University Press, 2016

Synopsis

<p>First published in 1880, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ became a best-seller. The<br>popular novel spawned an 1899 stage adaptation, reaching audiences of over<br>10 million, and two highly successful film adaptations. For over a century, it has<br>become a ubiquitous pop cultural presence, representing a deeply powerful story<br>and monumental experience for some and a defining work of bad taste and false<br>piety for others. The first and only collection of essays on this pivotal cultural icon,<br>Bigger Than "Ben-Hur" addresses Lew Wallace’s beloved classic to explore its<br>polarizing effect and to expand the contexts within which it can be studied.<br> In the essays gathered here, scholars approach Ben-Hur from multiple directions—<br>religious and secular, literary, theatrical, and cinematic—to understand<br>not just one story in varied formats but also what they term the "Ben-Hur tradition."<br>Drawing from a wide range of disciplines, contributions include the rise<br>of the Protestant novel in the United States; relationships between and among<br>religion, spectacle, and consumerism; the "New Woman" in early Hollywood;<br>and a "wish list" for future adaptations, among others. Together, these essays<br>explore how this remarkably fluid story of faith, love, and revenge has remained<br>relevant to audiences across the globe for over 130 years.</p>

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Barbara Ryan is associate professor in the University Scholars Programme at the National University of Singapore. She is the author of Love, Wages, Slavery and a coeditor of Reading Acts.

Milette Shamir is senior lecturer in English and American studies at Tel Aviv University. She is the author of Inexpressible Privacy: The Interior Life of Antebellum American Literature and coeditor of Boys Don't Cry? Rethinking Narratives of Masculinity and Emotion in the U.S.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Syracuse University Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 081563417X
• ISBN 13: 9780815634171
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 269
• Éditeur: Ryan Barbara, Shamir Milette
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible