Classical myth & culture in the cinema /

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Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2001.
Description:1 online resource (ix, 350 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:OUP E-Books.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11140309
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Varying Form of Title:Classical myth and culture
Other uniform titles:Classics and cinema.
Other authors / contributors:Winkler, Martin M.
ISBN:9780195351569
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Notes:Revised edition of: Classics and cinema. 1991.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:This title comprises a collection of essays presenting a variety of approaches to films set in Ancient Greece and Rome and to films that reflect archetypal features of classical literature. The book illustrates the continuing presence of antiquity in the most varied and influential medium of modern popular culture. The diversity of content and theoretical stances found in this work should make this volume required reading for scholars and students interested in the presence of Greece and Rome in modern popular culture.
Other form:Print version: Classical myth & culture in the cinema. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2001 0195130030 0195130049