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Author:   Ricardo Apostol ,  Anastasia Bakogianni
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9783030071967

ISBN 10:   3030071960
Pages:   198
Publication Date:   19 January 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction Face to Face: Locating Classical Receptions on Screen; Ricardo Apostol and Anastasia Bakogianni.- 2. Indirect or Masked Modysseys? Establishing a Working Set of Criteria; Gregory N. Daugherty.- 3. Sacrificial Shadows: Tragic Greek Heroines Reinvented for Television in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Game of Thrones; Tania Evans and Amanda Potter.- 4. Statues, Synths and Simulacra: The Ovidian Contours of Screen Pygmalions; Paula James.- 5. Artefacts, Authenticity and Digital Idols: The Classical After-Image in Contemporary Hollywood Stardom; Michael Williams.- 6. From Album Alitem to Black Swan: Horace and Aronofsky on Poetic Perfection and Death; Ricardo Apostol.- 7. Shades of Ajax: In Search of the Tragic Hero in Modern War Movies; Anastasia Bakogianni.

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Ricardo Apostol received his PhD from the University of Michigan, USA, and his research focuses on theory and classical reception studies. He has published articles on Latin and Greek poetry as well as the classics in film and television, and currently teaches at George School. Anastasia Bakogianni is Lecturer in Classical Studies at Massey University, New Zealand, author of Electra Ancient & Modern: Aspects of the Tragic Heroine’s Reception (2011), editor of Dialogues with the Past: Classical Reception Theory and Practice (2013) and co-editor of War as Spectacle: Ancient and Modern Perspectives on the Display of Armed Conflict (2015).

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