Epic Heroes on Screen /

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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
VerfasserIn:
Augoustakis, Antony,
Raucci, Stacie,
MitwirkendeR:
Augoustakis, Antony,
Blanshard, Alastair J. L.,
Chiu, Angeline,
Curley, Dan,
Cyrino, Monica S.,
Gardner, Hunter H.,
Llewellyn-Jones, Lloyd,
McAuley, Alex,
Potter, Amanda,
Raucci, Stacie,
Safran, Meredith E.,
Solomon, Jon,
Stafford, Emma,
Strong, Anise K.,
Tomasso, Vincent,
Toscano, Margaret M.,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2018
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Screening Antiquity : SCAN
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Physical Description:1 online resource (288 p.) :; 19 B/W illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Series Editors’ Preface
  • Editors’ Acknowledgments
  • Contributors
  • List of Illustrations
  • Introduction: The Reinvention of the Ancient Hero
  • PART I Hercules
  • 1 Hercules and the Millennial Generation
  • 2 Hercules: The Mythopoetics of New Heroism
  • 3 Hercules, Putin, and the Heroic Body on Screen in 2014
  • 4 Heroes and Companions in Hercules (2014)
  • 5 Sacrifice and Salvific Heroism in Supernatural (2005–)
  • PART II Epic Heroes
  • 6 Russell Crowe and Maximal Projections in Noah (2014)
  • 7 The Immortality of Theseus and His Myth
  • 8 The Changing Faces of Heroism in Atlantis (2013–15)
  • 9 Xena: Warrior, Heroine, Tramp
  • 10 Divergent Heroism in Centurion (2010)
  • PART III Antiheroes
  • 11 The Hero in a Thousand Pieces: Antiheroes in Recent Epic Cinema
  • 12 Trouble in the Tehran Multiplex: Xerxes, 300, and 300: Rise of an Empire in Iran
  • 13 Ancient (Anti)Heroes on Screen and Ancient Greece Post-9/11
  • 14 Making Modern (Anti) Heroes, the Ancient Way
  • Filmography
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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