Tracking Classical Monsters in Popular Culture
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-78453-934-4 (ISBN)
Her argument takes her readers through a comprehensive tour of monsters on film and television, from the much-loved creations of Ray Harryhausen in Clash of the Titans to the monster of the week in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, before looking in detail at the afterlives of the Medusa and the Minotaur. She develops a broad theory of the ancient monster and its life after antiquity, investigating its relation to gender, genre and space to offer a bold and novel exploration of what keeps drawing us back to these mythical beasts. From the siren to the centaur, all monster lovers will find something to enjoy in this stimulating and accessible book.
Liz Gloyn is Reader in Latin Language and Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. Her research interests beyond classical reception studies explore the intersection between Latin literature, the Roman family and ancient philosophy. She is the author of The Ethics of the Family in Seneca (2017).
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter One: What Makes A Monster?
Chapter Two: Classical Monsters And Where To Find Them
Chapter Three: Monsters On Film In The Harryhausen Era
Chapter Four: Muscles and Imagination: The Modern Peplum and Beyond
Chapter Five: Monsters and Mythologies in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Chapter Six: Tripping the Telefantastic in Xena: Warrior Princess and Doctor Who
Chapter Seven: Thoroughly Modern Medusa
Chapter Eight: Lost In The Minotaur’s Maze
Epilogue: The Sirens Still Sing
Filmography
Bibliography
Notes
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 30.10.2019 |
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Zusatzinfo | 30 bw illus |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Gewicht | 517 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber | |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-78453-934-1 / 1784539341 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-78453-934-4 / 9781784539344 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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