Starz Spartacus

• Paperback | Engels | Screening Antiquity
• Gladiator, rebel slave leader, revolutionary: the figure of Spartacus frequently serves as an icon of resistance against oppression in modern politica... Lees meer

Screening the Golden Ages of the Classical Tradition

Meredith E. Safran

• Hardcover | Engels | Screening Antiquity
• This collection of fourteen essays explores how the dominant media of our time - film and television - have engaged with the golden age as formulated ... Lees meer

Screening Divinity

Lisa Maurice

• Hardcover | Engels | Screening Antiquity
• Lisa Maurice examines screen portrayals of gods - covering Greco-Roman mythology, the Judeo-Christian God and Jesus - from the beginning of cinema to ... Lees meer

Designs on the Past

Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

• Hardcover | Engels | Screening Antiquity
• In the period 1916-1966, during its so-called Golden Age, Hollywood developed a passion for the ancient world and produced many epic movie blockbuster... Lees meer

Ancient Epic in Film and Television

• Hardcover | Engels | Screening Antiquity
• How do epic tropes shape representations of the ancient world and determine contemporary understandings of historical events? What features of ancient... Lees meer

Pontius Pilate on Screen

Christopher M McDonough

• Hardcover | Engels | Screening Antiquity
• Who is Pontius Pilate? Who do the movies say that he is? What is truth? Pontius Pilate On Screen deals with one of history's most controversial charac... Lees meer

Starz Spartacus

• Hardcover | Engels | Screening Antiquity
• Gladiator, rebel slave leader, revolutionary: the figure of Spartacus frequently serves as an icon of resistance against oppression in modern politica... Lees meer

Epic Heroes on Screen

• Paperback | Engels | Screening Antiquity
• This is the first collection to look at the most recent manifestations of the ancient hero on screen. It brings together a range of perspectives on tw... Lees meer

Ancient Epic in Film and Television

• Paperback | Engels | Screening Antiquity
• How do epic tropes shape representations of the ancient world and determine contemporary understandings of historical events? What features of ancient... Lees meer

Cowboy Classics

Kirsten Day

• Hardcover | Engels | Screening Antiquity
• In the American psyche, the "Wild West" is a mythic-historical place where our nation's values and ideologies were formed. In this violent and uncerta... Lees meer

Ancient Greece on British Television

• Hardcover | Engels | Screening Antiquity
• Ancient Greece has inspired television producers and captivated viewing audiences in the United Kingdom for over half a century. By examining how and ... Lees meer

The Prehistory of Private Property

Karl Widerquist, Grant S McCall

• Paperback | Engels | Screening Antiquity
• This book debunks three false claims commonly accepted by contemporary political philosophers regarding property systems: that inequality is natural, ... Lees meer

Screening Divinity

Lisa Maurice

• Paperback | Engels | Screening Antiquity
• Lisa Maurice examines screen portrayals of gods - covering Greco-Roman mythology, the Judeo-Christian God and Jesus - from the beginning of cinema to ... Lees meer

Ben-Hur

Jon Solomon

• Hardcover | Engels | Screening Antiquity
• Ben-Hur was the first literary blockbuster to generate multiple and hugely profitable adaptations, highlighted by the 1959 film that won a record-sett... Lees meer

Ancient Greece on British Television

• Paperback | Engels | Screening Antiquity
• Ancient Greece has inspired television producers and captivated viewing audiences in the United Kingdom for over half a century. By examining how and ... Lees meer

Designs on the Past

Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

• Paperback | Engels | Screening Antiquity
• In the period 1916-1966, during its so-called Golden Age, Hollywood developed a passion for the ancient world and produced many epic movie blockbuster... Lees meer

Rome Season Two

• Hardcover | Engels | Screening Antiquity
• Antony and Cleopatra, sex, war, and politics: Rome, Season Two is explored in this exciting collection of original essays. Set in the turbulent years ... Lees meer

Ben-Hur

Jon Solomon

• Paperback | Engels | Screening Antiquity
• The complete history of the Ben-Hur phenomenon Ben-Hur was the first literary blockbuster to generate multiple and hugely profitable adaptations, high... Lees meer

Screening the Golden Ages of the Classical Tradition

• Paperback | Engels | Screening Antiquity
• This collection of fourteen essays explores how the dominant media of our time - film and television - have engaged with the golden age as formulated ... Lees meer