| Description |
1 online resource (249 pages) |
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Continuum Studies in Classical Reception |
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Continuum studies in classical reception.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 Ovid's Rich Text: Layers of Identity in the Pygmalion Myth; Chapter 2 Tragic Transformations: Making and Breaking the Statue on Screen; Chapter 3 Romancing the Stone: the Made- Over Woman as Comedy; Chapter 4 She Was Venus All Along: the Statue as Screen Goddess; Chapter 5 Pygmalion's Robots: the Horror and the Humour; Chapter 6 Bathos and Pathos: a Simulacrum among Simulacra; Chapter 7 Virtually Perfect: Hi and Lo Tech Gals of the Computer Age; Chapter 8 More Myth Making at the Movies |
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Appendix: Ovid's PygmalionNotes; Bibliography; Filmography; Index |
| Summary |
Why has the myth of Pygmalion and his ivory statue proved so inspirational for writers, artists, philosophers, scientists, and directors and creators of films and television series? The authorised' version of the story appears in the epic poem of transformations, Metamorphoses, by the first-century CE Latin poet Ovid; in which the bard Orpheus narrates the legend of the sculptor king of Cyprus whose beautiful carved woman was brought to life by the goddess Venus. Focusing on screen storylines with a Pygmalion subtext, from silent cinema to Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Lars and the Real Girl, th |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-214) and index |
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Filmography: pages 215-217 |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Women in motion pictures.
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Women on television.
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Literary studies: classical, early & medieval.
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History: theory & methods.
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Classical history -- classical civilisation.
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POETRY -- Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
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Women in motion pictures
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Women on television
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012374373 |
| ISBN |
9781441168504 |
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1441168508 |
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1283307766 |
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9781283307765 |
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9781472555700 |
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1472555708 |
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9781441146779 |
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1441146776 |
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9786613307767 |
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6613307769 |
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144118466X |
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9781441184665 |
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147250495X |
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9781472504951 |
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