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020 $a9780199542925 (hbk.)
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050 00 $aPN1995.9.E79$bP38 2013
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100 1 $aPaul, Joanna,$d1978-
245 10 $aFilm and the classical epic tradition /$cJoanna Paul.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aOxford, England :$bOxford University Press,$c2013.
300 $ax, 334 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aClassical presences
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 307-329) and index.
520 8 $aPaul explores the relationship between films set in the ancient world and the classical epic tradition, arguing that there is a connection between the genres. Through this careful consideration of how epic manifests itself through different periods and cultures, we learn how cinema makes a claim to be a modern vehicle for a very ancient tradition.
505 0 $aSurveying the epic tradition in literature and film -- Homer on the silver screen -- The cinematic Argonautica -- The dynamics of the epic tradition in The fall of the Roman Empire and Gladiator -- Spartacus : identifying a cinematic epic hero -- 'The biggest epic yet" : spectacle and Ben-Hur -- Epic audiences -- 'Makes Ben-Hur look like an epic" : cinematic parody and the clasical epic tradicion.
650 0 $aEpic films$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aCivilization, Ancient, in motion pictures.
650 0 $aEpic literature$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aMotion pictures and literature.
650 0 $aLatin literature$vFilm adaptations.
650 0 $aGreek literature$vFilm adaptations.
830 0 $aClassical presences.
852 00 $bglx$hPN1995.9.E79$iP38 2013