How Films Imagine Antiquity: An Analysis and Cultural Commentary - Couverture souple

Legge, Elizabeth

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798235338555

Editeur : Romaaquila, 2026

Synopsis

How Films Imagine Antiquity is a journey through the cinematic imagination of the ancient world. From childhood encounters with epic films to a career in archaeology, psychology, and cultural analysis, Elizabeth Legge brings a rare interdisciplinary lens to the stories that shaped our understanding of antiquity.

This book examines how films construct ancient worlds - not only through sets and costumes, but through narrative logic, political assumptions, emotional archetypes, and cultural memory. Why do certain characters endure across decades of cinema? How do films blend myth, history, and psychology? And what do these choices reveal about the societies that create them?

With chapters ranging from The Ten Commandments to Gladiator, from Roman Britain to biblical epics and psychological mythmaking, this work explores the evolution of epic storytelling and the shifting ways Hollywood imagines power, identity, and the ancient past.

Written by an archaeologist, novelist (as Elyse DeBarre), and lifelong student of film, this book blends scholarly insight with accessible commentary. This book belongs to a continuing exploration of how cinema imagines the ancient world, a project that will develop further in revised versions.

For anyone who loves ancient history, epic cinema, cultural analysis, or the intersection of myth and storytelling, How Films Imagine Antiquity offers a rich, evolving exploration of how the past lives on in film.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Elizabeth Legge is a Classical Archaeologist and Doctor of Medicine candidate at a European university. She achieved her Master's degree in Classical Archaeology at the University of Pisa, Italy and will be pursuing a PhD in the field. She was awarded her Bachelor of Arts in Classical Studies and Bachelor of Sciences in Integrated Sciences at the University of British Columbia, Canada. She has travelled extensively to all continents since childhood and lived in many countries. She is Australian, Canadian and half English.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Romaaquila
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798235338555
• Reliure: Paperback
• Nombre de pages: 350
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible