| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 271 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Screening antiquity |
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Screening antiquity.
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| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Heroes in motion pictures.
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Heroes on television.
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Mythology, Classical, in motion pictures.
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Epic poetry, Classical -- Adaptations
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
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HISTORY -- Latin America -- Central America.
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Epic poetry, Classical
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Heroes in motion pictures
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Heroes on television
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Mythology, Classical, in motion pictures
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Adaptations
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Adaptations.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Augoustakis, Antony, editor.
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Raucci, Stacie, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781474424523 |
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147442452X |
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9781474424530 |
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1474424538 |
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1474424511 |
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9781474424516 |
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