The epic film in world culture / / edited by Robert Burgoyne
| The epic film in world culture / / edited by Robert Burgoyne |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (404 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.43658 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | BurgoyneRobert <1949-> |
| Collana | AFI film readers |
| Soggetto topico |
Epic films - History and criticism
History in motion pictures |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-135-85534-X
1-135-85535-8 1-282-78242-8 9786612782428 0-203-92747-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; contents; illustrations; acknowledgments; introduction; part one: spectacle; one: "this is sparta!": the reinvention of epic in zack snyder's 300; two: "philip never saw babylon": 360-degree vision and the historical epic in the digital era; three: heroic chivalry, heroic sacrifice: "martial art house" as epic cinema; four: bare life and sovereignty in gladiator; part two: center and periphery; five: "rise of the rest": globalizing epic cinema; six: sign of the times: the semiotics of time and event in sirk's sign of the pagan.
seven: the fall of the roman empire: on space and allegoryeight: "an italianmade spectacle film dubbed in english": cultural distinctions, national cinema, and the critical reception of the postwar historical epic; nine: red cliff: the chinese-language epic and diasporic chinese spectators; part three: remembering the nation; ten: passing through nightmares: cecil b. demille's the plainsman and epic discourse in new deal america; eleven: epos indigenized: the new zealand wars films from rudall hayward to vincent ward; part four: the family epic twelve: epic melodrama, or cine-maps of the global souththirteen: "black blood": there will be blood; part five: the body in the epic; fourteen: the monstrous epic: deciphering mel gibson's: the passion of the christ; fifteen: diegetic masculinities: reading the black body in epic cinema; contributors; filmography; index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459882203321 |
| New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The epic film in world culture / / edited by Robert Burgoyne
| The epic film in world culture / / edited by Robert Burgoyne |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (404 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.43658 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | BurgoyneRobert <1949-> |
| Collana | AFI film readers |
| Soggetto topico |
Epic films - History and criticism
History in motion pictures |
| ISBN |
1-135-85534-X
1-135-85535-8 1-282-78242-8 9786612782428 0-203-92747-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; contents; illustrations; acknowledgments; introduction; part one: spectacle; one: "this is sparta!": the reinvention of epic in zack snyder's 300; two: "philip never saw babylon": 360-degree vision and the historical epic in the digital era; three: heroic chivalry, heroic sacrifice: "martial art house" as epic cinema; four: bare life and sovereignty in gladiator; part two: center and periphery; five: "rise of the rest": globalizing epic cinema; six: sign of the times: the semiotics of time and event in sirk's sign of the pagan.
seven: the fall of the roman empire: on space and allegoryeight: "an italianmade spectacle film dubbed in english": cultural distinctions, national cinema, and the critical reception of the postwar historical epic; nine: red cliff: the chinese-language epic and diasporic chinese spectators; part three: remembering the nation; ten: passing through nightmares: cecil b. demille's the plainsman and epic discourse in new deal america; eleven: epos indigenized: the new zealand wars films from rudall hayward to vincent ward; part four: the family epic twelve: epic melodrama, or cine-maps of the global souththirteen: "black blood": there will be blood; part five: the body in the epic; fourteen: the monstrous epic: deciphering mel gibson's: the passion of the christ; fifteen: diegetic masculinities: reading the black body in epic cinema; contributors; filmography; index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785157603321 |
| New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The epic in film : from myth to blockbuster / / Constantine Santas
| The epic in film : from myth to blockbuster / / Constantine Santas |
| Autore | Santas Constantine |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (245 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.43/658 |
| Soggetto topico | Epic films - History and criticism |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-7425-5529-1
0-7425-7856-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Classic Epic Form; Chapter 2 The Mythological Epic; Chapter 3 The Religious Epic; Chapter 4 The Historical Epic; Chapter 5 The Women-Centered Epic; Chapter 6 The Comic Epic; Chapter 7 The Anti-Epic; Chapter 8 The Information Age Epic; Chapter 9 The International and Art House Epics; Appendix: Significant DVD Editions; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452627903321 |
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| Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , 2008 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The epic in film : from myth to blockbuster / / Constantine Santas
| The epic in film : from myth to blockbuster / / Constantine Santas |
| Autore | Santas Constantine |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (245 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.43/658 |
| Soggetto topico | Epic films - History and criticism |
| ISBN |
0-7425-5529-1
0-7425-7856-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Classic Epic Form; Chapter 2 The Mythological Epic; Chapter 3 The Religious Epic; Chapter 4 The Historical Epic; Chapter 5 The Women-Centered Epic; Chapter 6 The Comic Epic; Chapter 7 The Anti-Epic; Chapter 8 The Information Age Epic; Chapter 9 The International and Art House Epics; Appendix: Significant DVD Editions; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790593703321 |
Santas Constantine
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| Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , 2008 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The epic in film : from myth to blockbuster / / Constantine Santas
| The epic in film : from myth to blockbuster / / Constantine Santas |
| Autore | Santas Constantine |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (245 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.43/658 |
| Soggetto topico | Epic films - History and criticism |
| ISBN |
0-7425-5529-1
0-7425-7856-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Classic Epic Form; Chapter 2 The Mythological Epic; Chapter 3 The Religious Epic; Chapter 4 The Historical Epic; Chapter 5 The Women-Centered Epic; Chapter 6 The Comic Epic; Chapter 7 The Anti-Epic; Chapter 8 The Information Age Epic; Chapter 9 The International and Art House Epics; Appendix: Significant DVD Editions; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816393003321 |
Santas Constantine
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| Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , 2008 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Film and the classical epic tradition
| Film and the classical epic tradition |
| Autore | Paul Joanna |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 334 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
| Disciplina | 791.436583 |
| Collana | Classical presences Film and the classical epic tradition |
| Soggetto topico |
Epic films - History and criticism
Civilization, Ancient, in motion pictures - History and criticism Epic literature - Film adaptations Motion pictures and literature - Film adaptations Latin literature Greek literature Music, Dance, Drama & Film Film |
| ISBN | 9780191745881 (ebook) : |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Classical presences |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996207192403316 |
Paul Joanna
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| Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2013 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Hollywood's ancient worlds / / Jeffrey Richards
| Hollywood's ancient worlds / / Jeffrey Richards |
| Autore | Richards Jeffrey |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Continuum, , 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (238 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.43658 |
| Soggetto topico |
Epic films - History and criticism
History, Ancient, in motion pictures |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-87063-7
9786612870637 0-8264-3538-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459062503321 |
Richards Jeffrey
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| London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Continuum, , 2008 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Hollywood's ancient worlds / / Jeffrey Richards
| Hollywood's ancient worlds / / Jeffrey Richards |
| Autore | Richards Jeffrey |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Continuum, , 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (238 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.43658 |
| Soggetto topico |
Epic films - History and criticism
History, Ancient, in motion pictures |
| ISBN |
1-282-87063-7
9786612870637 0-8264-3538-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785345603321 |
Richards Jeffrey
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| London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Continuum, , 2008 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Hollywood's ancient worlds / / Jeffrey Richards
| Hollywood's ancient worlds / / Jeffrey Richards |
| Autore | Richards Jeffrey |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Continuum, , 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (238 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.43658 |
| Soggetto topico |
Epic films - History and criticism
History, Ancient, in motion pictures |
| ISBN |
1-282-87063-7
9786612870637 0-8264-3538-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808947003321 |
Richards Jeffrey
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| London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Continuum, , 2008 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The return of the epic film [[electronic resource] ] : genre, aesthetics and history in the twenty-first century / / edited by Andrew B.R. Elliot [[electronic resource]]
| The return of the epic film [[electronic resource] ] : genre, aesthetics and history in the twenty-first century / / edited by Andrew B.R. Elliot [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Elliott Andrew |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 224 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 791.43658 |
| Soggetto topico | Epic films - History and criticism |
| ISBN |
1-4744-0285-2
0-7486-9706-3 0-7486-8403-4 |
| Classificazione | AP 52600 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: The Return of the Epic / Andrew B.R. Elliott -- pt. I Epics and Ancient History -- 2. Sir Ridley Scott and the Rebirth of the Historical Epic / Jeffrey Richards -- 3. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and America since the Second World War: Some Cinematic Parallels / Kevin J. Harty -- 4.T̀here's Nothing So Wrong with a Hollywood Script that a Bunch of Giant CGI Scorpions Can't Solve': Politics, Computer Generated Images and Camp in the Critical Reception of the Post-Gladiator Historical Epics / Mark Jancovich -- 5. Popcorn and Circus: An Audience Expects / Robert Stow -- pt. II Epic Aesthetics and Genre -- 6. Colour in the Epic Film: Alexander and Hero / Robert Burgoyne -- 7. Defining the Epic: Medieval and Fantasy Epics / Paul B. Sturtevant -- 8. Special Effects, Reality and the New Epic Film / Andrew B.R. Elliott -- pt. III Epic Films and the Canon -- 9. Pass the Ammunition: A Short Etymology of B̀lockbuster' / Sheldon Hall -- 10. Epic Stumbling Blocks / Saer Maty Ba -- 11. The Greatest Epic of the Twenty-First Century? / Deborah Bridge -- 12. The Ramayana and Sita in Films and Popular Media: The Repositioning of a Globalised Version / Aarttee Kaul Dhar. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786555903321 |
Elliott Andrew
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| Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2014 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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