Author : Martin M. Winkler
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 18,18 MB
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195130041
This title comprises a collection of essays presenting a variety of approaches to films set in Ancient Greece and Rome and to films that reflect archetypal features of classical literature. The book illustrates the continuing presence of antiquity in the most varied and influential medium of modern popular culture. The diversity of content and theoretical stances found in this work should make this volume required reading for scholars and students interested in the presence of Greece and Rome in modern popular culture.