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Responses to Oliver Stone's Alexander film, history, and cultural studies

Title
Responses to Oliver Stone's Alexander [electronic resource] : film, history, and cultural studies / edited by Paul Cartledge and Fiona Rose Greenland.
Publication
Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c2010.

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Additional Authors
  • Cartledge, Paul.
  • Greenland, Fiona, 1975-
Description
1 online resource (vii, 370 p.)
Series Statement
Wisconsin studies in classics
Uniform Title
  • Responses to Oliver Stone's Alexander (Online)
  • Wisconsin studies in classics.
Subject
  • Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. > In motion pictures
  • Stone, Oliver > Criticism and interpretation
  • Alexander (Motion picture)
  • Historical films > History and criticism
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Introduction / Paul Cartledge and Fiona Rose Greenland -- Stone's Alexander. Oliver Stone's Alexander and the cinematic epic tradition / Joanna Paul -- The popular reception of Alexander / Jon Solomon -- Precursors of Alexander. Alexander on stage: a critical appraisal of Rattigan's adventure Story / Robin Lane Fox -- Appearance of history: Robert Rossen's Alexander the Great / Kim Shahabudin -- Alexander's intimates: sexuality and gender. Alexander and ancient Greek sexuality: some theoretical considerations / Marilyn B. Skinner -- Olympias and Oliver: sex, sexual stereotyping, and women in Oliver Stone's Alexander / Elizabeth D. Carney -- Fortune favors the blond: Colin Farrell in Alexander / Monica S. Cyrino -- The cult of Hephaestion / Jeanne Reames -- Alexander's dream: Macedonians and foreigners. Oliver Stone, Alexander, and the unity of mankind / Thomas Harrison -- "Help me, Aphrodite!" depicting the royal women of Persia in Alexander / Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones -- Ways of viewing Alexander. Viewing the past: cinematic exegesis in the caverns of Macedonia / Verity Platt -- Blockbuster! museum responses to Alexander / John F. Cherry -- Afterword / Oliver Stone.
ISBN
9780299232832 (e-book)
LCCN
2009010258
OCLC
ssj0000342378
Title
Responses to Oliver Stone's Alexander [electronic resource] : film, history, and cultural studies / edited by Paul Cartledge and Fiona Rose Greenland.
Imprint
Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c2010.
Series
Wisconsin studies in classics
Wisconsin studies in classics.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Cartledge, Paul.
Greenland, Fiona, 1975-
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