Martin M. Winkler

Cinema and Classical Texts

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Reads films as visual texts and provides the first systematic demonstration of the affinities between Greco-Roman literature and the cinema.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 362
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 677g
• ISBN-13: 9780521518604
• ISBN-10: 0521518601
• Artikelnr.: 26105992

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: the god of light and the cinema eye
1. A certain tendency in classical philology
2. Divine epiphanies: Apollo and the Muses
3. The complexities of Oedipus
4. Patriotism and war: 'Sweet and fitting it is to die for one's country'
5. Helen of Troy: marriage and adultery according to Hollywood
6. Women in love
Epilogues: 'Bright shines the light'
Bibliography
Index.