| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 370 pages) |
| Series |
Wisconsin studies in classics |
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Wisconsin studies in classics.
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| Contents |
Introduction / Paul Cartledge and Fiona Rose Greenland -- Stone's Alexander. Oliver Stone's Alexander and the cinematic epic tradition / Joanna Paul -- The popular reception of Alexander / Jon Solomon -- Precursors of Alexander. Alexander on stage: a critical appraisal of Rattigan's Adventure story / Robin Lane Fox -- The appearance of history: Robert Rossen's Alexander the Great / Kim Shahabudin -- Alexander's intimates: sexuality and gender. Alexander and ancient Greek sexuality: some theoretical considerations / Marilyn B. Skinner -- Olympias and Oliver: sex, sexual stereotyping, and women in Oliver Stone's Alexander / Elizabeth D. Carney -- Fortune favors the blond: Colin Farrell in Alexander / Monica Silveira Cyrino -- The cult of Hephaestion / Jeanne Reames -- Alexander's dream: Macedonians and foreigners. Oliver Stone, Alexander, and the unity of mankind / Thomas Harrison -- "Help me, Aphrodite!" depicting the royal women of Persia in Alexander / Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones -- Ways of viewing Alexander. Viewing the past: cinematic exegesis in the caverns of Macedonia / Verity Platt -- Blockbuster! museum responses to Alexander / John F. Cherry -- Afterword / Oliver Stone |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. -- In motion pictures
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Stone, Oliver -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. fast |
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Stone, Oliver fast |
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Alexander (Motion picture) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2004114019
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Alexander (Motion picture) fast |
| Subject |
Historical films -- History and criticism
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism.
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Historical films
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Motion pictures
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cartledge, Paul.
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Greenland, Fiona, 1975-
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| LC no. |
2009010258 |
| ISBN |
9780299232832 |
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0299232832 |
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0299232840 |
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9780299232849 |
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