02508nam 2200589 450 991083020470332120230109212756.01-282-11604-597866121160491-4443-0612-X1-4443-0613-8(CKB)1000000000719919(EBL)428261(OCoLC)317456575(SSID)ssj0000354891(PQKBManifestationID)11233488(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000354891(PQKBWorkID)10314608(PQKB)11440801(MiAaPQ)EBC428261(MiAaPQ)EBC7076131(Au-PeEL)EBL7076131(EXLCZ)99100000000071991920230109d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWhither Quo vadis? /Ruth Scodel and Anja BettenworthMalden, Massachusetts ;Oxford, England :Blackwell Pub.,[2009]©20091 online resource (302 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4051-8385-3 Includes bibliographical references (pages [266]-274) and indexes.Novel and film -- Adapting the narrative -- Gender and ethnicity -- Political institutions, political subtexts -- The Roman people -- Religion and religious authority in Quo vadis? -- Conclusions -- Exkursus : Chilo's mother : a peculiarity of the German translations of Quo vadis?Whither Quo Vadis? offers an engaging account of how the Roman world and its history are represented in film and the way in which the different adaptations reflect the shifting historical situations and ideological concerns of their own times. Explores five surviving film adaptations - Guazzoni's of 1912; D'Annunzio/Jacoby of 1925; Mervyn LeRoy's of 1951; the Italian TV mini-series of 1985 by Franco Rossi; and Kawalerowicz's 2001 Polish version Examines how these different versions interpret, select from, and modify the novel and the ancient sources on whicMotion picturesRomeIn motion picturesRomeOn televisionMotion pictures.791.4375Scodel Ruth187596Bettenworth AnjaMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910830204703321Whither Quo vadis4082571UNINA