Troy: From Homer's "Iliad" to Hollywood Epic (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Troy This is the first book systematically to examine Wolfgang Petersen's epic film Troy from different archaeological, literary, cultural, and cinematic perspectives. The first book systematically to examine Wolfgang Petersen's epic film Troy from different archaeological, literary, cultural, and cinematic perspectives.
Full description- Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
- Published: 27 July 2006
- Format: Paperback 248 pages
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- Categories: Film Theory & Criticism | Literary Studies: Classical, Early & Medieval | European History | Classical History / Classical Civilisation
- ISBN 13: 9781405131834 ISBN 10: 1405131837
- Sales rank: 469,857
Full description for Troy
This is the first book systematically to examine Wolfgang Petersen's epic film Troy from different archaeological, literary, cultural, and cinematic perspectives. * The first book systematically to examine Wolfgang Petersen's epic film Troy from different archaeological, literary, cultural, and cinematic perspectives. * Examines the film's use of Homer's Iliad and the myth of the Trojan War, its presentation of Bronze-Age archaeology, and its place in film history. * Identifies the modern political overtones of the Trojan War myth as expressed in the film and explains why it found world-wide audiences. * Editor and contributors are archaeologists or classical scholars, several of whom incorporate films into their teaching and research. * Includes an annotated list of films and television films and series episodes on the Trojan War. * Contains archaeological illustrations of Troy, relevant images of ancient art, and stills from films on the Trojan War.
