{"product_id":"a-companion-to-ancient-greece-and-rome-on-screen-isbn-9781118741351","title":"A Companion to Ancient Greece and Rome on Screen","description":"\u003cp\u003eA comprehensive treatment of the Classical World in film and television, \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Ancient Greece and Rome on Screen \u003c\/i\u003eclosely examines the films and TV shows centered on Greek and Roman cultures and explores the tension between pagan and Christian worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten by a team of experts in their fields, this work considers productions that discuss social settings as reflections of their times and as indicative of the technical advances in production and the economics of film and television. Productions included are a mix of Hollywood and European spanning from the silent film era though modern day television series, and topics discussed include Hollywood politics in film, soundtrack and sound design, high art and low art, European art cinemas, and the ancient world as comedy. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten for students of film and television as well as those interested in studies of ancient Rome and Greece, \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Ancient Greece and Rome on Screen\u003c\/i\u003e provides comprehensive, current thinking on how the depiction of Ancient Greece and Rome on screen has developed over the past century. It reviews how films of the ancient world mirrored shifting attitudes towards Christianity, the impact of changing techniques in film production, and fascinating explorations of science fiction and technical fantasy in the ancient world on popular TV shows like \u003ci\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBabylon 5\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBattlestar Galactica\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDr. Who\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eArthur J. Pomeroy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I The Development of the Depiction of Ancient Greece and Rome on Screen 15\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Greece and Rome on Screen: On the Possibilities and Promises of a New Medium 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePantelis Michelakis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Creation of the Epic: Italian Silent Film to 1915 37\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrmbert Schenk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 From 1916 to the Arrival of Sound: The Systematization, Expressivity and Self–reflection of the Feature Film 61\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaria Wyke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Resurgence of Epics in the 1950s: Classical Antiquity in Post–war Hollywood 91\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKonstantinos P. Nikoloutsos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Hollywood Ascendant: Ben–Hur and Spartacus 119\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFiona Radford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Peplum Era 145\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eArthur J. Pomeroy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II Comedy, Drama, and Adaptation 161\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Hollywood Meets Art-House Cinema: Michael Cacoyannis’s “Hybrid” Euripidean Trilogy 163\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnastasia Bakogianni\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Greek Tragedy as Theater in Screen-Media 187\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMeredith E. Safran\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Greece and Rome on the Comic Screen 209\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLisa Maurice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Return of a Genre 233\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJerry Benjamin Pierce\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Franco Rossi’s Adaptations of the Classics 253\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eArthur J. Pomeroy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 I, Claudius and Ancient Rome as Televised Period Drama 271\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJuliette Harrisson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Premium Cable Television 293\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMonica S. Cyrino\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Thinking through the Ancient World: “Late Antique Movies” as a Mirror of Shifting Attitudes towards\u003cbr\u003eChristian Religion 307\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFilippo Carlà–Uhink\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Non-western Approaches to the Ancient World: India and Japan—Classical Heritage or Exotic Occidentalism? 329\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnja Wieber\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III Film Production and Ancient World Cinema 349\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Man to Man: Music and Masculine Relations in  Ben–Hur (1925 and 1959) 351\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephan Prock\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Visual Poetry on Screen: Sets and Costumes for Ancient Greek Tragedy 385\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlejandro Valverde García\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Filming the Ancient World: Have Film Historians Made a Spectacular Omission of Epic Proportions? 403\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarriet Margolis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART IV The Ancient World as an Idea 427\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 High Art and Low Art Expectations: Ancient Greece in Film and Popular Culture 429\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlastair J. L. Blanshard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 “Soft” Science Fiction and Technical Fantasy: The Ancient World in Star Trek, Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica and Dr Who 449\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOtta Wenskus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 The Ancient World is Part of Us: Classical Tragedy in Modern Film and Television 467\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnastasia Bakogianni\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Ancient World Documentaries 491\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFiona Hobden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Mythology for the Young at Heart 515\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMartin Lindner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 535\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArthur J. Pomeroy\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Classics and Head of School at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He is author of several books on classical studies including \u003ci\u003eThen It Was Destroyed by the Volcano: the Ancient World in Film and Television\u003c\/i\u003e and is a recipient of the VUW Teaching Award for sustained excellence in teaching.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA comprehensive treatment of the Classical World in film and television, \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Ancient Greece and Rome on Screen\u003c\/i\u003e closely examines the films and TV shows centered on Greek and Roman cultures and explores the tension between pagan and Christian worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten by a team of experts in their fields, this work considers productions that discuss social settings as reflections of their times and as indicative of the technical advances in production and the economics of film and television. 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