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Responses to Oliver Stone's Alexander [electronic resource] : film, history, and cultural studies / edited by Paul Cartledge and Fiona Rose Greenland.

Contributor(s): Cartledge, Paul | Rose, Fiona, 1975- | American Council of Learned SocietiesMaterial type: TextTextSeries: ACLS Humanities E-bookWisconsin studies in classics: ; ACLS Humanities E-Book: Publisher: Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c2010Description: vii, 370 p. ; 23 cmSubject(s): Alexander, the Great, 356-323 B.C. -- In motion pictures | Stone, Oliver -- Criticism and interpretation | Alexander (Motion picture) | Historical films -- History and criticismAdditional physical formats: No titleLOC classification: PN1997.2.A425 | R477 2010Online resources: Click here to view this ebook.
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 -- The 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 Silveira 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 -- The 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 Silveira 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.

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