Ancient Greece in Film and Popular Culture (Revised Second Edition) - Nisbet, Gideon
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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…mehr

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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.
Autorenporträt
Gideon Nisbet is a Lecturer in Classics at the Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity, University of Birmingham. He is the author of Greek Epigram in the Roman Empire: Martial's Forgotten Rivals (Oxford, 2003). He is also an ardent film-goer and observer of the Hollywood scene.