Rewriting the ancient world : Greeks, Romans, Jews and Christians in modern popular fiction / / edited by Lisa Maurice |
Autore | Maurice Lisa <1968-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2017] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (351 pages) |
Disciplina | 809.3/81 |
Collana | Metaforms : studies in the reception of classical antiquity |
Soggetto topico |
Popular literature - English-speaking countries - History and criticism
English fiction - History and criticism American fiction - History and criticism Historical fiction - History and criticism Comparative literature - Classical and modern Civilization, Ancient, in literature Greeks in literature Romans in literature Jews in literature Christians in literature |
ISBN | 90-04-34638-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: The ancient world and popular fiction / Lisa Maurice -- Part 1. Rewriting the classics in crime fiction and thrillers -- From I, Claudius to private eyes : Rome and the detective in popular fiction / Lisa Maurice -- A Roman and a foreigner : Lindsey Davis's new Roman detective series / Anat Koplowitz-Breier -- "An open account from the past always needs to be settled" : Chimaira (2001), The ancient curse (2010) and receiving the past / Claudia Fratini -- Part 2. Rewriting the ancient world in a modern setting -- Going home : Xenophon's Anabasis in Sol Yurick's The warriors (1965) / Eran Almagor -- The eagle and the mockingjay : reality television as Roman gladiator culture / Dor Yaccobi -- "Atalanta just married" : a case study in Greek mythology-based fan fiction / Amanda Potter -- Part 3. Rewriting myths of classical literature -- The loves of Achilles : from epic to popular fiction / Anne Sinha -- "Home is behind, the world ahead" : reading Tolkien's The hobbit as a story of Xenia or Homeric hospitality / Hamish Williams -- Cupid and psyche : a love story (?) in comics and children's literature / Lily Glasner -- Part 4. Rewriting Jews and Christians in the ancient world -- Sadducee and pharisee in "The antagonists" by E.K. Gann / Haim Perlmutter -- Emotion and reception of the ancient world in Lew Wallace's Ben-Hur : a tale of the Christ (1880) / Emily Chow-Kambitsch -- Jewish women writing historical novels based on rabbinic sources / Tal Ilan -- Some concluding thoughts. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795924503321 |
Maurice Lisa <1968-> | ||
Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2017] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Rewriting the ancient world : Greeks, Romans, Jews and Christians in modern popular fiction / / edited by Lisa Maurice |
Autore | Maurice Lisa <1968-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2017] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (351 pages) |
Disciplina | 809.3/81 |
Collana | Metaforms : studies in the reception of classical antiquity |
Soggetto topico |
Popular literature - English-speaking countries - History and criticism
English fiction - History and criticism American fiction - History and criticism Historical fiction - History and criticism Comparative literature - Classical and modern Civilization, Ancient, in literature Greeks in literature Romans in literature Jews in literature Christians in literature |
ISBN | 90-04-34638-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: The ancient world and popular fiction / Lisa Maurice -- Part 1. Rewriting the classics in crime fiction and thrillers -- From I, Claudius to private eyes : Rome and the detective in popular fiction / Lisa Maurice -- A Roman and a foreigner : Lindsey Davis's new Roman detective series / Anat Koplowitz-Breier -- "An open account from the past always needs to be settled" : Chimaira (2001), The ancient curse (2010) and receiving the past / Claudia Fratini -- Part 2. Rewriting the ancient world in a modern setting -- Going home : Xenophon's Anabasis in Sol Yurick's The warriors (1965) / Eran Almagor -- The eagle and the mockingjay : reality television as Roman gladiator culture / Dor Yaccobi -- "Atalanta just married" : a case study in Greek mythology-based fan fiction / Amanda Potter -- Part 3. Rewriting myths of classical literature -- The loves of Achilles : from epic to popular fiction / Anne Sinha -- "Home is behind, the world ahead" : reading Tolkien's The hobbit as a story of Xenia or Homeric hospitality / Hamish Williams -- Cupid and psyche : a love story (?) in comics and children's literature / Lily Glasner -- Part 4. Rewriting Jews and Christians in the ancient world -- Sadducee and pharisee in "The antagonists" by E.K. Gann / Haim Perlmutter -- Emotion and reception of the ancient world in Lew Wallace's Ben-Hur : a tale of the Christ (1880) / Emily Chow-Kambitsch -- Jewish women writing historical novels based on rabbinic sources / Tal Ilan -- Some concluding thoughts. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819713603321 |
Maurice Lisa <1968-> | ||
Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2017] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Rewriting the ancient world : Greeks, Romans, Jews and Christians in modern popular fiction / / edited by Lisa Maurice |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2017] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (351 pages) |
Disciplina | 809.3/81 |
Collana | Metaforms : studies in the reception of classical antiquity |
Soggetto topico |
Popular literature - English-speaking countries - History and criticism
English fiction - History and criticism American fiction - History and criticism Historical fiction - History and criticism Comparative literature - Classical and modern Civilization, Ancient, in literature Greeks in literature Romans in literature Jews in literature Christians in literature |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 90-04-34638-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: The ancient world and popular fiction / Lisa Maurice -- Part 1. Rewriting the classics in crime fiction and thrillers -- From I, Claudius to private eyes : Rome and the detective in popular fiction / Lisa Maurice -- A Roman and a foreigner : Lindsey Davis's new Roman detective series / Anat Koplowitz-Breier -- "An open account from the past always needs to be settled" : Chimaira (2001), The ancient curse (2010) and receiving the past / Claudia Fratini -- Part 2. Rewriting the ancient world in a modern setting -- Going home : Xenophon's Anabasis in Sol Yurick's The warriors (1965) / Eran Almagor -- The eagle and the mockingjay : reality television as Roman gladiator culture / Dor Yaccobi -- "Atalanta just married" : a case study in Greek mythology-based fan fiction / Amanda Potter -- Part 3. Rewriting myths of classical literature -- The loves of Achilles : from epic to popular fiction / Anne Sinha -- "Home is behind, the world ahead" : reading Tolkien's The hobbit as a story of Xenia or Homeric hospitality / Hamish Williams -- Cupid and psyche : a love story (?) in comics and children's literature / Lily Glasner -- Part 4. Rewriting Jews and Christians in the ancient world -- Sadducee and pharisee in "The antagonists" by E.K. Gann / Haim Perlmutter -- Emotion and reception of the ancient world in Lew Wallace's Ben-Hur : a tale of the Christ (1880) / Emily Chow-Kambitsch -- Jewish women writing historical novels based on rabbinic sources / Tal Ilan -- Some concluding thoughts. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910466615203321 |
Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2017] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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