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Title War as spectacle : ancient and modern perspectives on the display of armed conflict / edited by Anastasia Bakogianni and Valerie M. Hope.
Publication Info London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.


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Descript xiv, 454 pages : illustrations
Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors 1 Introduction: War as Spectacle, a Multi-sensory Event Worth Watching? Anastasia Bakogianni Part 1 Ancient and Modern Literary Spectacles of War A. Epic Spectacles 2 'What if We Had a War and Everybody Came?': War as Spectacle and the Duel of Iliad 3 (Tobias Myers, Connecticut College, USA) 3 From Our Own Correspondent: Authorial Commentary on the 'Spectacles of War' in Homer and in the Tale of the Heike (Naoko Yamagata, The Open University, UK) 4 'The Clash of Weapons and the Sight of War': Spectatorship and Identification in Roman Epic (Neil W. Bernstein, Ohio University, USA) 5 Death on the Margins: Statius and the Spectacle of the Dying Epic Hero (Helen Lovatt, University of Nottingham, UK) B. Poetical, Historiographical and Philosophical Spectacles 6 Lyric Visions of Epic Combat: The Spectacle of War in Archaic Personal Song (Laura Swift, The Open University, UK) 7 'The Greatest Runway Show in History': Paul Violi's 'House of Xerxes' and the Herodotean Spectacle of War (Emma Bridges, The Open University, UK) 8 Plato's Cinematic Vision: War as Spectacle in Four Dialogues ( Laches , Republic , Timaeus and Critias ) (Andrea Capra, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Italy) 9 Shadow-Boxing in the East: The Spectacle of Romano-Parthian Conflict in Tacitus (Rhiannon Ash, University of Oxford, UK) 10 Bodies on the Battlefield: The Spectacle of Rome's Fallen Soldiers (Valerie M. Hope, The Open University, UK) Part 2 Spectacles of War in Material Culture 11 The Monument and Altar to Liberty: A Memory Site for the United States' Own Thermopylae (Jared A. Simard, CUNY, USA) 12 Triumphal Washington: New York City's First 'Roman' Arch (Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis, CUNY, USA) 13 An Unwinding Story: The Influence of Trajan's Column on the Depiction of Warfare (Andrew Fear, University of Manchester, UK) Part 3 Spectacles of War on Stage and in Modern Media 14 Epic Parodies: Martial Extravaganzas on the Nineteenth-Century Stage (Justine Mc Connell, University of Oxford, UK) 15 Parading War and Victory under the Greek Military Dictatorship: The Hist(o)rionics of 1967-74 (Gonda Van Steen, University of Florida, USA) 16 The Anti-War Spectacle: Denouncing War in Michael Cacoyannis' Euripidean Trilogy (Anastasia Bakogianni, The Open University, UK) 17 Terrence Malick's The Thin Red Line and Homeric Epic: Spectacle, Simile, Scene and Situation (Jon Hesk, University of St Andrews, UK) 18 Animating Ancient Warfare: The Spectacle of War in the Panoply Vase Animations (Sonya Nevin, University of Roehampton, UK) Notes Bibliography Index
Note 400 annual accesses. UkHlHU
ISBN 9781472524539 (e-book)
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Series Bloomsbury classical studies monographs
Bloomsbury classical studies monographs.
Subject War in literature.
War in art.
War -- History.
War in mass media.
Alt author Bakogianni, Anastasia.
Hope, Valerie M., 1968-
Descript xiv, 454 pages : illustrations
Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors 1 Introduction: War as Spectacle, a Multi-sensory Event Worth Watching? Anastasia Bakogianni Part 1 Ancient and Modern Literary Spectacles of War A. Epic Spectacles 2 'What if We Had a War and Everybody Came?': War as Spectacle and the Duel of Iliad 3 (Tobias Myers, Connecticut College, USA) 3 From Our Own Correspondent: Authorial Commentary on the 'Spectacles of War' in Homer and in the Tale of the Heike (Naoko Yamagata, The Open University, UK) 4 'The Clash of Weapons and the Sight of War': Spectatorship and Identification in Roman Epic (Neil W. Bernstein, Ohio University, USA) 5 Death on the Margins: Statius and the Spectacle of the Dying Epic Hero (Helen Lovatt, University of Nottingham, UK) B. Poetical, Historiographical and Philosophical Spectacles 6 Lyric Visions of Epic Combat: The Spectacle of War in Archaic Personal Song (Laura Swift, The Open University, UK) 7 'The Greatest Runway Show in History': Paul Violi's 'House of Xerxes' and the Herodotean Spectacle of War (Emma Bridges, The Open University, UK) 8 Plato's Cinematic Vision: War as Spectacle in Four Dialogues ( Laches , Republic , Timaeus and Critias ) (Andrea Capra, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Italy) 9 Shadow-Boxing in the East: The Spectacle of Romano-Parthian Conflict in Tacitus (Rhiannon Ash, University of Oxford, UK) 10 Bodies on the Battlefield: The Spectacle of Rome's Fallen Soldiers (Valerie M. Hope, The Open University, UK) Part 2 Spectacles of War in Material Culture 11 The Monument and Altar to Liberty: A Memory Site for the United States' Own Thermopylae (Jared A. Simard, CUNY, USA) 12 Triumphal Washington: New York City's First 'Roman' Arch (Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis, CUNY, USA) 13 An Unwinding Story: The Influence of Trajan's Column on the Depiction of Warfare (Andrew Fear, University of Manchester, UK) Part 3 Spectacles of War on Stage and in Modern Media 14 Epic Parodies: Martial Extravaganzas on the Nineteenth-Century Stage (Justine Mc Connell, University of Oxford, UK) 15 Parading War and Victory under the Greek Military Dictatorship: The Hist(o)rionics of 1967-74 (Gonda Van Steen, University of Florida, USA) 16 The Anti-War Spectacle: Denouncing War in Michael Cacoyannis' Euripidean Trilogy (Anastasia Bakogianni, The Open University, UK) 17 Terrence Malick's The Thin Red Line and Homeric Epic: Spectacle, Simile, Scene and Situation (Jon Hesk, University of St Andrews, UK) 18 Animating Ancient Warfare: The Spectacle of War in the Panoply Vase Animations (Sonya Nevin, University of Roehampton, UK) Notes Bibliography Index
Note 400 annual accesses. UkHlHU
ISBN 9781472524539 (e-book)
Series Bloomsbury classical studies monographs
Bloomsbury classical studies monographs.
Subject War in literature.
War in art.
War -- History.
War in mass media.
Alt author Bakogianni, Anastasia.
Hope, Valerie M., 1968-

Subject War in literature.
War in art.
War -- History.
War in mass media.
Descript xiv, 454 pages : illustrations
Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors 1 Introduction: War as Spectacle, a Multi-sensory Event Worth Watching? Anastasia Bakogianni Part 1 Ancient and Modern Literary Spectacles of War A. Epic Spectacles 2 'What if We Had a War and Everybody Came?': War as Spectacle and the Duel of Iliad 3 (Tobias Myers, Connecticut College, USA) 3 From Our Own Correspondent: Authorial Commentary on the 'Spectacles of War' in Homer and in the Tale of the Heike (Naoko Yamagata, The Open University, UK) 4 'The Clash of Weapons and the Sight of War': Spectatorship and Identification in Roman Epic (Neil W. Bernstein, Ohio University, USA) 5 Death on the Margins: Statius and the Spectacle of the Dying Epic Hero (Helen Lovatt, University of Nottingham, UK) B. Poetical, Historiographical and Philosophical Spectacles 6 Lyric Visions of Epic Combat: The Spectacle of War in Archaic Personal Song (Laura Swift, The Open University, UK) 7 'The Greatest Runway Show in History': Paul Violi's 'House of Xerxes' and the Herodotean Spectacle of War (Emma Bridges, The Open University, UK) 8 Plato's Cinematic Vision: War as Spectacle in Four Dialogues ( Laches , Republic , Timaeus and Critias ) (Andrea Capra, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Italy) 9 Shadow-Boxing in the East: The Spectacle of Romano-Parthian Conflict in Tacitus (Rhiannon Ash, University of Oxford, UK) 10 Bodies on the Battlefield: The Spectacle of Rome's Fallen Soldiers (Valerie M. Hope, The Open University, UK) Part 2 Spectacles of War in Material Culture 11 The Monument and Altar to Liberty: A Memory Site for the United States' Own Thermopylae (Jared A. Simard, CUNY, USA) 12 Triumphal Washington: New York City's First 'Roman' Arch (Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis, CUNY, USA) 13 An Unwinding Story: The Influence of Trajan's Column on the Depiction of Warfare (Andrew Fear, University of Manchester, UK) Part 3 Spectacles of War on Stage and in Modern Media 14 Epic Parodies: Martial Extravaganzas on the Nineteenth-Century Stage (Justine Mc Connell, University of Oxford, UK) 15 Parading War and Victory under the Greek Military Dictatorship: The Hist(o)rionics of 1967-74 (Gonda Van Steen, University of Florida, USA) 16 The Anti-War Spectacle: Denouncing War in Michael Cacoyannis' Euripidean Trilogy (Anastasia Bakogianni, The Open University, UK) 17 Terrence Malick's The Thin Red Line and Homeric Epic: Spectacle, Simile, Scene and Situation (Jon Hesk, University of St Andrews, UK) 18 Animating Ancient Warfare: The Spectacle of War in the Panoply Vase Animations (Sonya Nevin, University of Roehampton, UK) Notes Bibliography Index
Note 400 annual accesses. UkHlHU
Alt author Bakogianni, Anastasia.
Hope, Valerie M., 1968-
ISBN 9781472524539 (e-book)
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