Ruth Scodel, Anja Bettenworth

Gebundenes Buch

Whither Quo Vadis?

Sienkiewicz's Novel in Film and Television

Beschreibung

_ An examination of Sienkiewicz's famous novel about Ancient Rome, Quo Vadis? and the five film adaptations that the book has spawned
_ Looks at how the different film versions interpret, select from, and modify the novel and the ancient sources on which it is based, adapting it to contemporary social and political pressures and to the particular artistic and commercial goals of each production
_ Offers an exceptionally clear view of how films have presented ancient Rome and how modern conditions determine its reception

Autor

Ruth Scodel is D. R. Shackleton Bailey Collegiate Professor of Greek and Latin at the University of Michigan. She is the author of Listening to Homer (2002) and Epic Facework: Self-Presentation and Social Interaction in Homer (2008). Anja Bettenworth is Assistant Professor of Latin at the University of Münster. She is the author of Gastmahlszenen in der antiken Epik von Homer bis Claudian. Diachrone Untersuchungen zur Szenentypik (2004).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 574g
• ISBN-13: 9781405183857
• ISBN-10: 1405183853
• Artikelnr.: 23810912

Rezensionen

"Recommended [to] all readers." ( CHOICE , March 2010)

"There is much to admire in this book. It has a clear focusand a good set of questions. It knows its way round the five filmsand around the classical sources, and is prepared to look atbroader issues in relation to the close reading of thefilms." ( Bryn Mawr Classical Review , March 2009)