UID:
edocfu_9959327354102883
Format:
1 online resource (xiii, 255 pages) :
,
illustrations, maps
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
ISBN:
9781444301540
,
1444301543
,
1444301551
,
9781444301557
Content:
"This is the first scholarly text to examine the inaugural season of Rome, an award-winning joint production between HBO and the BBC. It collects essays by scholars in the fields of classical antiquity and popular culture. Focusing on the series' historical framework, visual and narrative style, thematic overtones, and influence on popular culture, the book also addresses of the production and considers its place in the tradition of epic films about ancient Rome."--Jacket.
Note:
Televising antiquity : from You are there to Rome / Jon Solomon -- Making history in Rome : ancient vs. modern perspectives / W. Jeffrey Tatum -- What I learned as an historical consultant for Rome / Kristina Milnor -- Rome's opening titles : triumph, spectacle, and desire / Holly Haynes -- The fog of war : the army in Rome / Lee L. Brice -- Caesar's soldiers : the Pietas of Vorenus and Pullo / Brian Cooke -- Becoming Augustus : the education of Octavian / Barbara Weiden Boyd -- "Not some cheap murder" : Caesar's assassination / Alison Futrell -- Women's politics in the streets of Rome / Antony Augoustakis -- Atia and the erotics of authority / Monica S. Cyrino -- Her first Roman : a Cleopatra for Rome / Gregory N. Daugherty -- Gowns and gossip : gender and class struggle in Rome / Margaret M. Toscano -- The gender gap : religious spaces in Rome / J. Mira Seo -- Staging interiors in Rome's villas / Alena Allen -- Latin in the movies and Rome / Ward Briggs -- Spectacle of sex : bodies on display in Rome / Stacie Raucci -- Vice is nice : Rome and deviant sexuality / Anise K. Strong.
,
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Rome, season one. Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2008 ISBN 9781405167765
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1405167769
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.1002/9781444301540
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781444301540
