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{en} Joanna Paul. Film and the Classical Epic Tradition (Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2013).

Abstract

"Paul explores the relationship between films set in the ancient world and the classical epic tradition, arguing that there is a connection between the genres. Through this careful consideration of how epic manifests itself through different periods and cultures, we learn how cinema makes a claim to be a modern vehicle for a very ancient tradition."-

Contents

Surveying the epic tradition in literature and film -- Homer on the silver screen -- The cinematic Argonautica -- The dynamics of the epic tradition in The fall of the Roman Empire and Gladiator -- Spartacus : identifying a cinematic epic hero -- 'The biggest epic yet" : spectacle and Ben-Hur -- Epic audiences -- 'Makes Ben-Hur look like an epic" : cinematic parody and the clasical epic tradicion.

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