Responses to Oliver Stone's Alexander film, history, and cultural studies / edited by Paul Cartledge and Fiona Rose Greenland.
| Other author | Cartledge, Paul. |
| Other author | Greenland, Fiona, 1975- |
| Other author | American Council of Learned Societies. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, |
| Description | vii, 370 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from ACLS Humanities E-Book |
| Subjects |
| Series | Wisconsin studies in classics Wisconsin studies in classics. ^A229890 |
| Contents | Introduction / Paul Cartledge and Fiona Rose Greenland -- Stone's Alexander. Oliver Stone's Alexander and the cinematic epic tradition / Joanna Paul -- The popular reception of Alexander / Jon Solomon -- Precursors of Alexander. Alexander on stage: a critical appraisal of Rattigan's adventure Story / Robin Lane Fox -- Appearance of history: Robert Rossen's Alexander the Great / Kim Shahabudin -- Alexander's intimates: sexuality and gender. Alexander and ancient Greek sexuality: some theoretical considerations / Marilyn B. Skinner -- Olympias and Oliver: sex, sexual stereotyping, and women in Oliver Stone's Alexander / Elizabeth D. Carney -- Fortune favors the blond: Colin Farrell in Alexander / Monica S. Cyrino -- The cult of Hephaestion / Jeanne Reames -- Alexander's dream: Macedonians and foreigners. Oliver Stone, Alexander, and the unity of mankind / Thomas Harrison -- "Help me, Aphrodite!" depicting the royal women of Persia in Alexander / Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones -- Ways of viewing Alexander. Viewing the past: cinematic exegesis in the caverns of Macedonia / Verity Platt -- Blockbuster! museum responses to Alexander / John F. Cherry -- Afterword / Oliver Stone. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2009010258 |
| ISBN | 9780299232849 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0299232840 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780299232832 (e-book) |
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