Screening the Golden Ages of the Classical Tradition - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1474440843 ISBN 13 : 9781474440844

Editeur : Edinburgh University Press, 2018

Synopsis

This collection of fourteen essays explores how the dominant media of our time - film and television - have engaged with the golden age as formulated in the Western classical tradition.
Drawing on ancient Greek and Roman literature and culture, from Hesiod to Suetonius, these essays assess the far-reaching influence of the golden age concept on screen texts ranging from prestige projects like Gladiator and HBO's Rome, to cult classics Xanadu and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, made by auteurs including Jules Dassin and the Coen Brothers. The book also looks at fantasy (Game of Thrones), science fiction (Serenity), horror (The Walking Dead), war/combat (the 300 franchise; Centurion), and the American Western.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Meredith E. Safran is Associate Professor of Classical Studies at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut (USA). She has written multiple papers for journals and edited collections. She is the co-editor of Roman Comedy: Performance, Pedagogy, Research and of Classical Myth on Screen (both 2015). Her work has also appeared in Screening Love and Sex in the Ancient World (2013) and Blackwell's Companion to the Ancient Greek and Roman World on Screen (2017). She earned her PhD in Classics from Princeton University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Edinburgh University Press
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1474440843
• ISBN 13: 9781474440844
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Éditeur: Safran Meredith E.
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