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Format: 1 online resource (xvi, 253) : , digital, PDF file(s).

ISBN: 9781474400282 (ebook)

Series Statement: Screening antiquity

Content: Set in the turbulent years after Caesar's assassination in 44 BC, Season Two of the HBO-BBC series Rome lays bare a city shaken by the violent power struggle between Octavian, Caesar's adopted son and heir, and Mark Antony, his most trusted general, bound in the seductive spell of Cleopatra. This is the first academic volume to explore this critically acclaimed and commercially successful drama. Focusing on the series' historical framework, visual and narrative style, thematic overtones, and influence on modern popular culture, this book also engages with the authenticity of the production and considers its place in the tradition of epic films and television series set in ancient Rome. With a foreword by the producer and historical consultant on the series, this volume is both scholarly and entertaining. It will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars in Classics and Ancient History as well as Film and Media Studies.

Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 30 Oct 2017).

Additional Edition: Print version: ISBN 9781474400275

Language: English

URL: https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781474400282/type/BOOK

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Format: xvi, 253 Seiten , Illustrationen , 24 cm

ISBN: 9781474400275

Series Statement: Screening antiquity

Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [234]-246) and index , Includes filmography (pages [231]-233)

Additional Edition: ISBN 9781474400282

Additional Edition: ISBN 9781474404457

Language: English

Keywords: Rome ; Antike ; Rezeption ; Aufsatzsammlung

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Format: 1 online resource (272 p.) : , 18 B/W illustrations

ISBN: 9781474400282

Series Statement: Screening Antiquity : SCAN

Content: A collection of 17 cutting-edge essays on Rome Season TwoSet in the turbulent years after Caesar’s assassination in 44 BC, Season Two of the HBO-BBC series Rome lays bare a city shaken by the violent power struggle between Octavian, Caesar’s adopted son and heir, and Mark Antony, his most trusted general, bound in the seductive spell of Cleopatra.Rome Season Two: Trial & Triumph is the first academic volume to explore the second season of this critically acclaimed and commercially successful drama. It brings together seventeen pioneering and provocative essays written by an international cast of leading classical scholars and media critics. Focusing on the series’ historical framework, visual and narrative style, thematic overtones, and influence on modern popular culture, this book also engages with the authenticity of the production and considers its place in the tradition of epic films and television series set in ancient Rome. Both scholarly and entertaining, this volume will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars in Classics and Ancient History as well as Film and Media Studies.Key Features The only academic volume focused exclusively on Season Two of RomeShowcases both established and up-and-coming international scholarsEdited by a leading contemporary scholar in the fieldOriginal, cutting edge research in fields of history, politics, gender, film, fan culture Explores the theme of Rome on screen from multiple angles: history, Classics, film studies, reception studies, gender studies, viewer response theory

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Series Editors’ Preface -- , Editor’s Acknowledgments -- , Contributors -- , Illustrations -- , Rome, Season Two Episode Listing -- , Rome, Season Two Cast List -- , Introduction: The Trials and Triumphs of Rome, Season Two -- , PART I Power and Politics -- , 1 A Touch Too Cerebral: Eulogizing Caesar in Rome -- , 2 Discharging Pullo and Vorenus: Veterans in Rome -- , 3 Gangsterism in Rome -- , 4 Class, Chaos, and Control in Rome -- , 5 Earning Immortality: Cicero’s Death Scene in Rome -- , 6 The Triumvirate of the Ring in Rome -- , 7 Jews and Judaism in Rome -- , PART II Sex and Status -- , 8 Revenge and Rivalry in Rome -- , 9 Effigies of Atia and Servilia: Effacing the Female Body in Rome -- , 10 Livia, Sadomasochism, and the Anti-Augustan Tradition in Rome -- , 11 Windows and Mirrors: Illuminating the Invisible Women of Rome -- , 12 Antony and Atia: Tragic Romance in Rome -- , 13 Problematic Masculinity: Antony and the Political Sphere in Rome -- , 14 Rome, Shakespeare, and the Dynamics of the Cleopatra Reception -- , 15 The Rattle of the Sistrum: “Othering” Cleopatra and Egypt in Rome -- , 16 Gateways to Vice: Drugs and Sex in Rome -- , 17 Slashing Rome: Season Two Rewritten in Online Fanfiction -- , Filmography -- , Bibliography -- , Index , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9781474400282

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781474400282

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781474400282

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Format: 1 online resource (xvi, 253) : , digital, PDF file(s).

ISBN: 1-4744-1214-9 , 1-4744-0028-0

Series Statement: Screening Antiquity

Content: Set in the turbulent years after Caesar's assassination in 44 BC, Season Two of the HBO-BBC series Rome lays bare a city shaken by the violent power struggle between Octavian, Caesar's adopted son and heir, and Mark Antony, his most trusted general, bound in the seductive spell of Cleopatra. This is the first academic volume to explore this critically acclaimed and commercially successful drama. Focusing on the series' historical framework, visual and narrative style, thematic overtones, and influence on modern popular culture, this book also engages with the authenticity of the production and considers its place in the tradition of epic films and television series set in ancient Rome. With a foreword by the producer and historical consultant on the series, this volume is both scholarly and entertaining. It will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars in Classics and Ancient History as well as Film and Media Studies.

Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 30 Oct 2017). , Title page; Copyright; Contents; Series Editors' Preface ; Editor's Acknowledgments ; Contributors; Illustrations; Rome, Season Two Episode Listing ; Rome, Season Two Cast List ; Introduction: The Trials and Triumphs of Rome, Season Two ; PART I Power and Politics ; 1 A Touch Too Cerebral: Eulogizing Caesar in Rome ; 2 Discharging Pullo and Vorenus: Veterans in Rome ; 3 Gangsterism in Rome ; 4 Class, Chaos, and Control in Rome ; 5 Earning Immortality: Cicero's Death Scene in Rome ; 6 The Triumvirate of the Ring in Rome ; 7 Jews and Judaism in Rome ; PART II Sex and Status , FilmographyBibliography; Index , Issued also in print.

Additional Edition: ISBN 1-4744-0027-2

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9781474400282