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Ancient epic in film and television
- Title
- Ancient epic in film and television / edited by Amanda Potter and Hunter Gardner.
- Publication
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]
- ©2022
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- Description
- x, 286 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "How do epic tropes shape representations of the ancient world and determine contemporary understandings of historical events? What features of ancient epic persistently emerge in science fiction and fantasy narratives adapted to the screen, and why? How does the different scope of televisual versus cinematic media impact the representation of conventions derived from ancient epic? The international range of contributors to this volume respond to these questions by looking for features of epic outside the traditional realm of Greco-Roman antiquity, including historical films and series, fantasy, science fiction and documentary. By identifying epic conventions on the large and small screen, as well as within a range of speculative fictions in fantastical and futuristic settings, they consider the function of such conventions within their twenty-first-century production contexts"--Page 4 of cover.
- Series Statement
- Screening Antiquity
- Uniform Title
- Screening antiquity.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-273), filmography (pages 240-247), and index.
- Call Number
- MFL 22-749
- ISBN
- 9781474473743
- 1474473741
- OCLC
- 1263759736
- Title
- Ancient epic in film and television / edited by Amanda Potter and Hunter Gardner.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]
- Copyright Date
- ©2022
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Screening AntiquityScreening antiquity.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-273), filmography (pages 240-247), and index.
- Added Author
- Potter, Amanda, editor.Gardner, Hunter H., editor.
- Other Form:
- ebook version : 9781474473774
- Research Call Number
- MFL 22-749