Responses to Oliver Stone's Alexander : film, history, and cultural studies /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Rose, Fiona, 1975-, Cartledge, Paul
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, [2010]
Series:	Wisconsin studies in classics.
Subjects:	Alexander (Motion picture) Stone, Oliver > Criticism and interpretation. Alexander, > the Great, > 356 B.C.-323 B.C. > In motion pictures. Historical films > History and criticism. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of 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
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 S. 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.