Troy : From Homer's Iliad to Hollywood Epic

by: Winkler, M.M.

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Troy : from Homer's Iliad to Hollywood epic

Author:Martin M. Winkler

Summary:"This is the first book to examine systematically Wolfgang Petersen's epic film Troy from archaeological, literary, cultural, and cinematic perspectives. The collection addresses the most important aspects of the film: its use of Homer's 'Iliad' and the myth of the Trojan War, its presentation of Bronze-Age archaeology, its modern political overtones, and its place in film history with regard to both previous epics on the Trojan War and the director's own earlier work. The book explains why, despite or perhaps because of the liberties the film takes with ancient myth, literature, and archaeology, "Troy" has found huge worldwide audiences. For those who wish to explore the subject further, the book includes an annotated list of feature films and television films and series episodes on the Trojan War."

xi, 231 pages, 20 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Contents:
Was there a Trojan War? Troy between fiction and archaeological evidence / Manfred O. Korfmann
From Homer's Troy to Petersen's Troy / Joachim Latacz
The Iliad and the cinema / Martin M. Winkler
The story of Troy through the centuries / Georg Danek
Viewing Troy: authenticity, criticism, interpretation / Jon Solomon
Troy and the role of the historical advisor / J. Lesley Fitton
From Greek myth to Hollywood story: explanatory narrative in Troy / Kim Shahabudin
The fate of Troy / Stephen Scully
Helen of Troy / Monica S. Cyrino
Briseis in Homer, Ovid, and Troy / Alena Allen
Troy and memorials of war / Frederick Ahl
The realist politics of Troy / Robert J. Rabel
The Trojan War on the screen: an annotated filmography / Martin M. Winkler

Troy : From Homer's Iliad to Hollywood Epic

by: Winkler, M.M.

• ISBN-13: 9781405131834 / 978-1-4051-3183-4
• ISBN-03: 1405131837 / 1-4051-3183-7
• Blackwell, Oxford, 2007

Price: 30,00 EURO

1 copy in stock