The Epic Film: Myth and History

Derek Elley

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Cinema History and Criticism Classical Antiquity Studies Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism

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Introduction 1. An Epic by Any Other Name 2. Epic into Film 3. Biblical: The Old Testament 4. Biblical: The New Testament 5. Greece: Gods and Heroes 6. Greece: From Marathon to Alexander 7. Rome: From Myth to Republic 8. Imperial Rome: Crisis and Civil War 9. Imperial Rome: Slaves and Barbarians 10. Imperial Rome: Christian Conflicts 11. Early Medieval: Norsemen, Saxons and the Cid 12. Epic Aftertastes: Misnomers and Modern Myth. Filmography. Critical Bibliography. Index of Names. Index of Film Titles

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