LEADER 02640nam 2200565 450 001 9910459062503321 005 20170816120946.0 010 $a1-282-87063-7 010 $a9786612870637 010 $a0-8264-3538-6 035 $a(CKB)2670000000056101 035 $a(EBL)601924 035 $a(OCoLC)676698591 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000419772 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11327357 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000419772 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10384614 035 $a(PQKB)11021882 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC601924 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5309593 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000056101 100 $a20180315h20082008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHollywood's ancient worlds /$fJeffrey Richards 210 1$aLondon, [England] ;$aNew York, New York :$cContinuum,$d2008. 210 4$dİ2008 215 $a1 online resource (238 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84725-007-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Illustrations; Foreword; 1 The Ancient World: the Nineteenth-Century Context; 2 The Birth of the Ancient World Epic in the Cinema; 3 The 1950s and 1960s: The Roman Empire; 4 The 1950s and 1960s: The Bible; 5 The 1950s and 1960s: Greece and Egypt; 6 The Ancient World Revival; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z 330 $aFew genres have been subject to such critical scorn as the Ancient World epic. Yet, they have regularly achieved huge box office success. This book tells the history of the Ancient World epic from the silent screen successes of Intolerance and The King of Kings through the 'golden age of the epic' in the 1950s (Quo Vadis, Ben-Hur, Spartacus, Cleopatra etc) through to the 1990s revival with Gladiator, its successors in cinema (Alexander, Troy, 300) and on television (Rome). Geoffrey Richards examines the cultural, social, economical and technological circumstances that dictated the rise and dec 606 $aEpic films$xHistory and criticism 606 $aHistory, Ancient, in motion pictures 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEpic films$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aHistory, Ancient, in motion pictures. 676 $a791.43658 700 $aRichards$b Jeffrey$0551272 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459062503321 996 $aHollywood's ancient worlds$92073479 997 $aUNINA