LEADER 04018nam 22006371c 450 001 9910457439703321 005 20200115203623.0 010 $a1-4725-5570-8 010 $a1-283-30776-6 010 $a9786613307767 010 $a1-4411-6850-8 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472555700 035 $a(CKB)2550000000057360 035 $a(EBL)793277 035 $a(OCoLC)758336045 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000639452 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12208985 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000639452 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10604673 035 $a(PQKB)11441774 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC793277 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09255549 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000057360 100 $a20140929d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOvid's myth of Pygmalion on screen $ein pursuit of the perfect woman $fPaula Jones 210 1$aLondon $aNew York, NY $cContinuum International Publishing Group $d[2011] 215 $a1 online resource (249 p.) 225 1 $aContinuum studies in classical reception 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4725-0495-X 311 $a1-4411-8466-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 207-214) and index 320 $aFilmography: pages 215-217 327 $aOvid' rich text: layers of identity in the Pygmalion myth -- Tragic transformatons: making and breaking the statue on screen -- Romancing the stone: the made-over woman as comedy -- She was Venus all aong: the statue as screen goddess -- Pygmalion's robots: the horror and the humour -- Bathos and Pathos: a simulacrum among simulacra -- Virtually perfect: hi and lo tech gals of the computer age -- More myth making at the movies -- Appendix: Ovid's Pygmalion 327 $aAcknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Ovid's Rich Text - Layers of identity in the Pygmalion myth -- 2. Tragic Transformations: Making and breaking the statue on screen -- 3. Romancing the Stone: The made-over woman as comedy -- 4. She was Venus all along: The statue as screen goddess -- 5. Pygmalion's robots - The horror and the humour -- 6. Bathos and Pathos - A simulacrum among simulacra -- 7. Virtually Perfect: Hi and lo tech gals of the computer age -- 8. More Myth Making at the Movies -- Appendix: Ovid's Pygmalion -- Bibliography -- Filmography -- Index 330 8 $aWhy has the myth of Pygmalion and his ivory statue proved so inspirational for writers, artists, philosophers, scientists, and directors and creators of films and television series? The 'authorised' version of the story appears in the epic poem of transformations, Metamorphoses, by the first-century CE Latin poet Ovid; in which the bard Orpheus narrates the legend of the sculptor king of Cyprus whose beautiful carved woman was brought to life by the goddess Venus. Focusing on screen storylines with a Pygmalion subtext, from silent cinema to Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Lars and the Real Girl, this book looks at why and how the made-over or manufactured woman has survived through the centuries and what we can learn about this problematic model of 'perfection' from the perspective of the past and the present. Given the myriad representations of Ovid's myth, can we really make a modern text a tool of interpretation for an ancient poem? This book answers with a resounding 'yes' and explains why it is so important to give antiquity back its future 410 0$aContinuum studies in classical reception. 606 $aWomen in motion pictures 606 $2Classical history / classical civilisation 606 $aWomen on television 615 0$aWomen in motion pictures. 615 0$aWomen on television. 676 $a871.01 700 $aJames$b Paula$0956147 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 801 2$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457439703321 996 $aOvid's myth of Pygmalion on screen$92164374 997 $aUNINA