Epic Heroes on Screen / / Antony Augoustakis, Stacie Raucci.
Representations of the ancient hero in the new millenniumSince 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. Films and shows discussed in this volume range from Hercules and The Legend of Hercules to TV s...
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505 | 0 | 0 | |t Frontmatter -- |t Contents -- |t Series Editors’ Preface -- |t Editors’ Acknowledgments -- |t Contributors -- |t List of Illustrations -- |t Introduction: The Reinvention of the Ancient Hero -- |t PART I Hercules -- |t 1 Hercules and the Millennial Generation -- |t 2 Hercules: The Mythopoetics of New Heroism -- |t 3 Hercules, Putin, and the Heroic Body on Screen in 2014 -- |t 4 Heroes and Companions in Hercules (2014) -- |t 5 Sacrifice and Salvific Heroism in Supernatural (2005–) -- |t PART II Epic Heroes -- |t 6 Russell Crowe and Maximal Projections in Noah (2014) -- |t 7 The Immortality of Theseus and His Myth -- |t 8 The Changing Faces of Heroism in Atlantis (2013–15) -- |t 9 Xena: Warrior, Heroine, Tramp -- |t 10 Divergent Heroism in Centurion (2010) -- |t PART III Antiheroes -- |t 11 The Hero in a Thousand Pieces: Antiheroes in Recent Epic Cinema -- |t 12 Trouble in the Tehran Multiplex: Xerxes, 300, and 300: Rise of an Empire in Iran -- |t 13 Ancient (Anti)Heroes on Screen and Ancient Greece Post-9/11 -- |t 14 Making Modern (Anti) Heroes, the Ancient Way -- |t Filmography -- |t Bibliography -- |t Index |
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520 | |a Representations of the ancient hero in the new millenniumSince 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. Films and shows discussed in this volume range from Hercules and The Legend of Hercules to TV shows, Atlantis and Supernatural, to other biopic works influenced by the ancient hero.This is the first collection to look at the most recent manifestations of the ancient hero on screen. It brings together a range of perspectives on twenty-first century cinematic representations of heroes and antiheroes from the ancient world.Includes a range of TV shows and films, allowing for comparative analysis, examining the overlooked links between various productions Provides original, cutting edge research in the fields of history, politics, gender, film and fan culture Covers topics including society, politics, generational issues, gender, fan reception and star texts Also considers the creation of antiheroes in the twenty-first century The full list of contributors to the volume is:Alastair J. L. Blanshard is the Paul Eliadis Professor of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Queensland, Australia. Angeline Chiu is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Vermont, USA. Daniel Curley is Associate Professor of Classics at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, USA. Monica S. Cyrino is Professor of Classics at the University of New Mexico, USA. Hunter H. Gardner is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of South Carolina, USA. Lloyd Llewelyn-Jones is Professor of Ancient History at Cardiff University in Wales, UK. Alex McAuley is Lecturer in Hellenistic History at Cardiff University in Wales, UK. Amanda Potter is a Research Fellow at the Open University, UK.Meredith E. Safran is an Assistant Professor of Classics at Trinity College in Hartford, CT, USA. Jon Solomon is Robert D. Novak Professor of Western Civilization and Culture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. Emma Stafford is Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Leeds, UK. Anise K. Strong is Associate Professor of History at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA. Vincent Tomasso is an Assistant Professor of Classics at Trinity College in Hartford, CT, USA. Margaret M. Toscano is Associate Professor of Classics and Comparative Studies at the University of Utah, USA. | ||
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588 | 0 | |a Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022) | |
650 | 0 | |a Epic poetry, Classical |x Adaptations. | |
650 | 0 | |a Heroes in motion pictures. | |
650 | 0 | |a Heroes on television. | |
650 | 0 | |a Mythology, Classical, in motion pictures. | |
650 | 4 | |a Classics & Ancient History. | |
650 | 7 | |a HISTORY / Ancient / Greece. |2 bisacsh | |
700 | 1 | |a Augoustakis, Antony, |e contributor. |4 ctb |4 https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb | |
700 | 1 | |a Blanshard, Alastair J. L., |e contributor. |4 ctb |4 https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb | |
700 | 1 | |a Chiu, Angeline, |e contributor. |4 ctb |4 https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb | |
700 | 1 | |a Curley, Dan, |e contributor. |4 ctb |4 https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb | |
700 | 1 | |a Cyrino, Monica S., |e contributor. |4 ctb |4 https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb | |
700 | 1 | |a Gardner, Hunter H., |e contributor. |4 ctb |4 https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb | |
700 | 1 | |a Llewellyn-Jones, Lloyd, |e contributor. |4 ctb |4 https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb | |
700 | 1 | |a McAuley, Alex, |e contributor. |4 ctb |4 https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb | |
700 | 1 | |a Potter, Amanda, |e contributor. |4 ctb |4 https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb | |
700 | 1 | |a Raucci, Stacie, |e author. |4 aut |4 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut | |
700 | 1 | |a Raucci, Stacie, |e contributor. |4 ctb |4 https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb | |
700 | 1 | |a Safran, Meredith E., |e contributor. |4 ctb |4 https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb | |
700 | 1 | |a Solomon, Jon, |e contributor. |4 ctb |4 https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb | |
700 | 1 | |a Stafford, Emma, |e contributor. |4 ctb |4 https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb | |
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700 | 1 | |a Toscano, Margaret M., |e contributor. |4 ctb |4 https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb | |
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