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020			_a9781139060073 (ebook)
020			_z9781107016101 (hardback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aPN1995.9.H5 _bA545 2013
082	0	0	_a791.43/658 _223
245	0	4	_aThe Ancient World in Silent Cinema / _cedited by Pantelis Michelakis, Maria Wyke.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2013.
300			_a1 online resource (407 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aIn the first four decades of cinema, hundreds of films were made that drew their inspiration from ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt and the Bible. Few of these films have been studied, and even fewer have received the critical attention they deserve. The films in question, ranging from historical and mythological epics to adaptations of ancient drama, burlesques, cartoons and documentaries, suggest a fascination with the ancient world that competes in intensity and breadth with that of Hollywood's classical era. What contribution did antiquity make to the development of early cinema? How did early cinema's representations affect modern understanding of antiquity? Existing prints as well as ephemera scattered in film archives and libraries around the world constitute an enormous field of research. This extensively illustrated edited collection is a first systematic attempt to focus on the instrumental role of silent cinema in twentieth-century conceptions of the ancient Mediterranean and Middle East.
650		0	_aCivilization, Ancient, in motion pictures
700	1		_aMichelakis, Pantelis, _eeditor.
700	1		_aWyke, Maria, _eeditor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107016101
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139060073
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
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