Classical Myth on Screen - by M Cyrino & M Safran (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

An examination of how screen texts embrace, refute, and reinvent the cultural heritage of antiquity, this volume looks at specific story-patterns and archetypes from Greco-Roman culture. The contributors offer a variety of perspectives, highlighting key cultural relay points at which a myth is received and reformulated for a particular audience.

Review Quotes

"This is a quite informative, useful book. ... This book is full of unexpected insights and information not only of great use to the scholar, but especially to the non-specialist instructor interested in incorporating modern (and not obviously mythological) movies into a mythology class or a wide variety of other courses." (Jean Alvares, CJ-Online, April, 2016)

About the Author

Antony Augoustakis, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA Scott A. Barnard, Rutgers University, USA David Bullen, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK Dan Curley, Skidmore College, USA Seán Easton, Gustavus Adolphus College, USA Lorenzo F. Garcia Jr., University of New Mexico, USA Hunter Gardner, University of South Carolina, USA Beverly J. Graf, Pepperdine University, USA Alex McAuley, McGill University, Canada Stacie Raucci, Union College, USA Anise K. Strong, Western Michigan University, USA Kaelie Thompson, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA Vincent Tomasso, Ripon College, USA Osman Umurhan, University of New Mexico, USA Lisl Walsh, Beloit College, USA