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001 2013362234
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010 $a 2013362234
020 $a9780199239078
020 $a019923907X
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn834435321
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050 00 $aPN1997.85$b.M49 2013
082 04 $a791.436162$223
100 1 $aMichelakis, Pantelis.
245 10 $aGreek tragedy on screen /$cPantelis Michelakis.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aOxford :$bOxford University Press,$c2013.
300 $axii, 267 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
490 1 $aClassical presences
500 $aIncludes filmography (p. [255]-258).
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [227]-253) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Spectatorship -- Canonicity -- Adaptation -- Word and image -- Media -- Genre -- History -- Time -- Space -- Afterword -- References -- Filmography -- Index.
520 $a"Greek Tragedy on Screen considers a wide range of films which engage openly with narrative and performative aspects of Greek tragedy. This volume situates these films within the context of on-going debates in film criticism and reception theory in relation to theoretical or critical readings of tragedy in contemporary culture. Michelakis argues that film adaptations of Greek tragedy need to be placed between the promises of cinema for a radical popular culture, and the divergent cultural practices and realities of commercial films, art-house films, silent cinema, and films for television, home video, and DVD. In an age where the boundaries between art and other forms of cultural production are constantly intersected and reconfigured, the appeal of Greek tragedy for the screen needs to be related to the longing it triggers for origins and authenticity, as well as to the many uncertainties, such as homelessness, violence, and loss of identity, with which it engages." -- Publisher website.
650 0 $aGreek drama (Tragedy)$xFilm adaptations.
830 0 $aClassical presences.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1407/2013362234-t.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1407/2013362234-d.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1407/2013362234-b.html