Ancient Greece in Film and Popular Culture
Updated Second Edition
Distributed for Liverpool University Press
208 pages
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9 halftones
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5-1/2 x 8-1/2
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© 2006, 2008
This revised second edition enabled the author to add a new chapter in response to the delayed release of the film 300.
The book responds to new developments in the reception of Greece in contemporary popular culture. Nisbet covers many older favourites such as Hercules Unchained, Clash of the Titans, and Cleopatra as well as more recent offerings such as Troy and Alexander.
Nisbet unpacks the ideas that continue to make Greece hot property – often too hot for Hollywood to handle. His lively explorations, which assume no prior expertise in classical or film studies, will appeal to all with an interest in ‘reception’: the present day’s re-use and re-invention of the past.
Sean Easton | Bryn Mawr Classical Review
"[The book] is aimed at a popular audience, favors large ideas, and seeks to provoke questions rather than to settle them. . . . It is well suited to sparking discussion among undergraduates as well as introducing new perspectives to scholars. . . . It would be especially useful in combination with other recent studies as a stimulating introduction to the current scholarly conversation on Classics, media, and popular culture."
Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface: The Dog in the Night-time
Acknowledgements
A Note on Terminology
1 Socrates' Excellent Adventure
2 Mythconceptions
3 Wars of the Successors
4 2007: It's Raining Men
Epilogue: Radio Gaga
Glossary
Suggestions for Further Reading (and Viewing)
Index
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