Return to Troy

New Essays on the Hollywood Epic
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-90-04-29276-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 5, 284 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 567 g

Reihe: Metaforms

Return to Troy presents essays by American and European classical scholars on the Director’s Cut of Troy, a Hollywood film inspired by Homer’s Iliad. The book addresses major topics that are important for any twenty-first century representation of ancient Greek myth and literature in the visual media, not only in regard to Troy: the portrayals of gods, heroes, and women; director Wolfgang Petersen’s epic technique; anachronisms and supposed mistakes; the fall of Troy in classical literature and on screen; and the place of the Iliad in modern popular culture. Unique features are an interview with the director, a report on the complex filming process by his personal assistant, and rare photographs taken during the original production of Troy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Winkler, Martin M.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Rezeption, literarische Einflüsse und Beziehungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmführer, Filmkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmtheorie, Filmanalyse

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
Editor’s Acknowledgments

Introduction:

Troy Revisited
Martin M. Winkler

Chapter 1
Wolfgang Petersen on Homer and Troy
Martin M. Winkler

Chapter 2
Live From Troy: Embedded in the Trojan War
Daniel Petersen

Photographs: Behind the Scenes of Troy

Chapter 3
In the Footsteps of Homeric Narrative:

Anachronisms and Other Supposed Mistakes in Troy
Eleonora Cavallini

Chapter 4
Petersen’s Epic Technique: Troy and Its Homeric Model
Wolfgang Kofler and Florian Schaffenrath

Chapter 5
Troy and the Cinematic Afterlife of Homeric Gods
Martin M. Winkler

Chapter 6
Achilles and Patroclus in Troy
Horst-Dieter Blume

Chapter 7
Odysseus in Troy
Bruce Louden

Chapter 8
A New Briseis in Troy
Barbara P. Weinlich

Chapter 9
The Fall of Troy: Intertextual Presences in Wolfgang Petersen’s Film
Antonio M. Martín Rodríguez

Chapter 10
Homer’s Iliad in Twentieth-Century Popular Culture
Jon Solomon

Coda:

On Cinematic Tributes to Homer and the Iliad
Martin M. Winkler
Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Martin M. Winkler is University Professor and Professor of Classics at George Mason University. He has written and edited books and articles on Roman literature and the classical tradition. His latest book is Arminius the Liberator: Myth and Ideology, Oxford University Press.

Contributors are: Horst-Dieter Blume, Eleonora Cavallini, Wolfgang Kofler, Bruce Louden, Daniel Petersen, Antonio M. Martín Rodríguez, Florian Schaffenrath, Jon Solomon, Barbara P. Weinlich, and Martin M. Winkler.