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1 online resource (vii, 370 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Wisconsin studies in classics
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Wisconsin studies in classics.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Alexander (Motion picture)
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Alexander (Motion picture) |
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Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. -- In motion pictures.
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Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. |
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Stone, Oliver -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Stone, Oliver. |
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Alexander (Motion picture) |
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Alexander (Motion picture) |
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Historical films -- History and criticism.
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Historical films. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Cartledge, Paul.
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Greenland, Fiona, 1975-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Responses to Oliver Stone's Alexander. Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2010 9780299232849 (DLC) 2009010258 (OCoLC)317462445 |
| ISBN |
9780299232832 (electronic book) |
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0299232832 (electronic book) |
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0299232840 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780299232849 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780299232849 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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