Epic heroes on screen. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Antony Augoustakis and Stacie Raucci.
• Editors: Augoustakis, Antony; Raucci, Stacie
• Contents: Introduction / Antony Augoustakis and Stacie Raucci -- 1. Hercules and the millennial generation / Jon Solomon -- 2. Hercules : the mythopoetics of new heroism / Alastair J.L. Blanshard -- 3. Hercules, Putin, and the heroic body on screen in 2014 / Emma Stafford -- 4. Heroes and companions in Hercules (2014) / Angeline Chiu -- 5. Sacrifice and salvific heroism in Supernatural (2005- ) / Meredith E. Safran -- 6. Russell Crowe and maximal projections in Noah (2014) / Monica S. Cyrino -- 7. The immortality of Theseus and his myth / Margaret M. Toscano -- 8. The changing faces of heroism in Atlantis (2013-15) / Amanda Potter -- 9. Xena : warrior, heroine, tramp / Anise K. Strong -- 10. Divergent heroism in Centurion (2010) / Hunter H. Gardner -- 11. The hero in a thousand pieces : antiheroes in recent epic cinema / Daniel Curley -- 12. Trouble in the Tehran multiplex / Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones -- 13. Ancient (anti)heroes on screen and ancient Greece post-9/11 / Vincent Tomasso -- 14. Making modern (anti)heroes, the ancient way / Alex McAuley.
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 271 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 791.43652; Heroes in motion pictures; Heroes on television; Mythology, Classical, in motion pictures; Epic poetry, Classical -- Adaptations; PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference; Epic poetry, Classical; Heroes in motion pictures; Heroes on television; Mythology, Classical, in motion pictures; HISTORY -- Latin America -- Central America; Adaptations; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781474424523; 9781474424530; 1474424538
• Related ISBNs: 147442452X; 9781474424516; 1474424511
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.; Note: Print version record.
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