Return to Troy : New Essays on the Hollywood Epic.
Title:
Return to Troy : New Essays on the Hollywood Epic.
Author:
Winkler, Martin M.
ISBN:
9789004296084
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (294 pages)
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Contents:
Return to Troy: New Essays on the Hollywood Epic -- Copyright -- Contents -- Editor's Acknowledgments -- List of Photographs -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction: Troy Revisited -- 1: Wolfgang Petersen on Homer and Troy -- 2: Live from Troy: Embedded in the Trojan War -- Photographs: Behind the Scenes of Troy -- 3: In the Footsteps of Homeric Narrative: Anachronisms and Other Supposed Mistakes in Troy -- 4: Petersen's Epic Technique: Troy and Its Homeric Model -- 5: Troy and the Cinematic Afterlife of Homeric Gods -- 6: Achilles and Patroclus in Troy -- 7: Odysseus in Troy -- 8: A New Briseis in Troy -- 9: The Fall of Troy: Intertextual Presences in Wolfgang Petersen's Film -- 10: Homer's Iliad in Popular Culture: The Roads to Troy -- Coda: On Cinematic Tributes to Homer and the Iliad -- Bibliography -- Index of Films and Television Productions -- General Index.
Abstract:
Return to Troy examines the Director's Cut of Troy: portrayals of gods, heroes, and the fall of Troy; supposed errors; cinematic epic technique; and the Iliad in twentieth-century culture. Unique features include an interview with the director and behind-the-scenes photographs.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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