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Title:

Epic heroes on screen / edited by Antony Augoustakis and Stacie Raucci.

Publisher:

Edinburgh University Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xv, 271 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Heroes in motion pictures.
Heroes on television.
Mythology, Classical, in motion pictures.
Epic poetry, Classical--Adaptations.
Epic poetry, Classical.
Heroes in motion pictures.
Heroes on television.
Mythology, Classical, in motion pictures.
Adaptations.

Other Authors:

Augoustakis, Antony, editor. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2009067750
Raucci, Stacie, editor. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2011048641

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-263), filmography (pages 238-243), and index.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 14. Making Modern (Anti)Heroes, the Ancient Way / 1. Hercules and the Millennial Generation / Alex McAuley. 2. Hercules: The Mythopoetics of New Heroism / Alastair J. L. Blanshard -- 3. Hercules, Putin, and the Heroic Body on Screen in 2014 / Emma Stafford -- 4. Heroes and Companions in Hercules (2014) / Angeline Chiu -- 5. Sacrifice and Salvific Heroism in Supernatural (2005-) / Meredith E. Safran -- pt. II EPIC HEROES -- 6. Russell Crowe and Maximal Projections in Noah (2014) / Monica S. Cyrino -- 7. The Immortality of Theseus and His Myth / Margaret M. Toscano -- 8. The Changing Faces of Heroism in Atlantis (2013 -- 15) / Amanda Potter -- 9. Xena: Warrior, Heroine, Tramp / Anise K. Strong -- 10. Divergent Heroism in Centurion (2010) / Hunter H. Gardner -- pt. III ANTIHEROES -- 11. The Hero in a Thousand Pieces: Antiheroes in Recent Epic Cinema / Dan Curley -- 12. Trouble in the Tehran Multiplex: Xerxes, 300, and 300: Rise of an Empire in Iran / Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones -- 13. Ancient (Anti)Heroes on Screen and Ancient Greece Post-9/11 / Vincent Tomasso -- 14. Making Modern (Anti)Heroes, the Ancient Way / Alex McAuley.

Series:

Screening antiquity

ISBN:

9781474424516
1474424511

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1012617139

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)