Ancient women in modern media. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by K.S. Burns and W.S.S. Duffy.
• Editors: Burns, Krishni; Duffy, W. S. S
• Contents: "Sacrificing" the myth in I. Kadare's Agamemnon's daughter / Vassiliki Kotini -- Orpheus loves inevitability: Black Orpheus's Eurydice and the place of originality in classical reception / William Duffy -- Antigone in German-occupied Paris: Anouilh's Antigone / Jenny Krantz -- Transmutations of love in Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses / Dawn Saliba -- Helen, warrior princess: reimagining Helen as a feminist role model in young adult literature / Krishni Burns -- Heroes and Amazons in Y: The last man / Luis Guilhaume -- Mr. Artemis: masculine reflections of a goddess / Sarah Skelley -- The hero herself: from death-giver to storyteller in Buffy the vampire slayer / Joel Christensen.
• Publisher Details: Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (145 pages)
• Subjects: 202.13082; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Women heroes -- Mythology; Women heroes in mass media; Mythology, Greek, in literature; Mythology, Roman, in literature; Mythology, Greek, in literature; Mythology, Roman, in literature; Women heroes in mass media; Women heroes -- Mythology; Women heroes / Mythology; Women heroes in mass media; Massenmedien; Frau (Motiv); Rezeption; Antike; Heldin (Motiv); Mythologie; Feminism & feminist theory; Popular culture
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781443881210
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.