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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Augoustakis, Antony, editor.

Raucci, Stacie, editor.

Series:

Screening antiquity.

Screening Antiquity

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heroes in motion pictures.

Heroes on television.

Mythology, Classical, in motion pictures.

Epic poetry, Classical--Adaptations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 271 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2018.

Summary:

Since 2000, numerous heroes of the ancient world have appeared on film and TV, from the mythical Hercules to leaders of the Greek and Roman worlds. This collection brings together a range of perspectives on twenty-first century cinematic representations of heroes from the ancient world.

Contents:

Introduction / Antony Augoustakis and Stacie Raucci

1. Hercules and the millennial generation / Jon Solomon

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

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

11. The hero in a thousand pieces : antiheroes in recent epic cinema / Daniel Curley

12. Trouble in the Tehran multiplex / 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Apr 2021).

ISBN:

1-4744-4953-0

1-4744-2453-8

1-4744-2452-X

OCLC:

1306538804