Screening the Golden Ages of the Classical Tradition

352 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This collection of fourteen essays explores how the dominant media of our time - film and television - have engaged with the golden age as formulated in the Western classical tradition.Drawing on ancient Greek and Roman literature and culture, from Hesiod to Suetonius, these essays assess the far-reaching influence of the golden age concept on screen texts ranging from prestige projects like Gladiator and HBO's Rome, to cult classics Xanadu and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, made by auteurs including Jules Dassin and the Coen Brothers. The book also looks at fantasy (Game of Thrones), science fiction (Serenity), horror (The Walking Dead), war/combat (the 300 franchise; Centurion), and the American Western.- Situates recurring outbreaks of nostalgia for earlier times within a transhistorical phenomenon- Illuminates how this cultural phenomenon is rooted in the discourses that emerge from the classical tradition-so much so, that both high-minded and base political movements invoke classical antiquity in their ideological campaigns - Explores how such invocations of the mythical past are frequently accomplished not only through political rhetoric, but also through popular media

• Themen: Kunst Darstellende Künste Film, Kino Filmgenres
• ISBN: 9781474440851
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 17.09.2020
• Größe: 231 x 155 mm
• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Herausgegeben von: Meredith E Safran