TY  - GEN
T1  - The ancient world in silent cinema
A2  - Michelakis, Pantelis
A2  - Wyke, Maria
LA  - English
PP  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
YR  - 2013
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn859537224
AB  - "In 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"--
OP  - 379
CN  - PN1995.9.H5 A545 2013eb
SN  - 9781461944959
SN  - 1461944953
SN  - 1139060074
SN  - 9781139060073
SN  - 130607178X
SN  - 9781306071789
SN  - 9781107290136
SN  - 1107290139
SN  - 9781107016101
SN  - 110701610X
KW  - Historical films : History and criticism.
KW  - Silent films : History and criticism.
KW  - Civilization, Ancient, in motion pictures.
KW  - Films historiques : Histoire et critique.
KW  - Films muets : Histoire et critique.
KW  - Civilisation ancienne au cinéma.
KW  - HISTORY : General.
KW  - PERFORMING ARTS : Reference.
KW  - Civilization, Ancient, in motion pictures
KW  - Historical films
KW  - Silent films
KW  - Antike
KW  - Stummfilm
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
ER  -