The Reception of Cleopatra in the Age of Mass Media - Gregory N. Daugherty

The Reception of Cleopatra in the Age of Mass Media

Buch | Softcover
246 Seiten
2024
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-34076-3 (ISBN)
36,15 inkl. MwSt
This study examines the reception of Cleopatra from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day as it has been reflected in popular culture in the United States of America. Daugherty provides a broad overview of the influence of the Egyptian queen by looking at her presence in film, novels, comics, cartoons, TV shows, music, advertising and toys. The aim of the book is to show the different ways in which the figure of Cleopatra was able to reach a large and non-elite audience.

Furthermore, Daugherty makes a study of the reception of Cleopatra during her own lifetime. He begins by looking at her portrayal in the vicious propaganda campaign waged by Octavian against his rival Marc Antony. The consequence was that Cleopatra was left with a tarnished reputation after the civil war. Daugherty’s examination of both the historical and contemporary reception of Cleopatra shows the enduring legacy of one of history’s most remarkable queens.

Gregory N. Daugherty is Professor Emeritus of Classics at Randolph-Macon College, USA. He has twice received the Thomas Branch Award for Excellence in Teaching and was the winner of the APA Teaching Excellence Award in 2003 and the CAV Lurlene Todd Teacher of the Year in 2005. He served as President of the Foreign Language Association of Virginia (1995-1996), CAMWS (2007-8) and the Classical Association of Virginia (2006-8).

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements

1. ‘A Lass Unparalleled’
2. The Femme Fatale
3. A Kinder, Gentler Cleopatra
4. Cleopatra Modernized
5. Lizpatra and its aftermath
6. Eighties Ladies
7. The Fantasy Queen of the 90s
8. The 21st Century ‘Authentic’ Cleopatras
9. The 21st Century Fantasy Cleopatras
10. ‘Her Infinite Variety’

Appendix: Chronology of Cleopatra

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie IMAGINES – Classical Receptions in the Visual and Performing Arts
Zusatzinfo 20 bw illus
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Film / TV
Kunst / Musik / Theater Theater / Ballett
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Sport Tanzen / Tanzsport
Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Vor- und Frühgeschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Gender Studies
ISBN-10 1-350-34076-6 / 1350340766
ISBN-13 978-1-350-34076-3 / 9781350340763
Zustand Neuware
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