The novel of Neronian Rome and its multimedial transformations
| Titel: | The novel of Neronian Rome and its multimedial transformations : Sienkiewicz's Quo vadis / edited by Monika Woźniak and Maria Wyke |
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| Beteiligt: | ; |
| Ausgabe: | First edition |
| Veröffentlicht: | Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020 |
| Umfang: | xvi, 333 Seiten : Illustrationen, Karten ; 24 cm |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Schriftenreihe/ mehrbändiges Werk: |
Classical presences |
| ISBN: | 0198867530 ; 9780198867531 |
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- List of Illustrations
- p. ix
- List of Tables
- p. xi
- Notes on Contributors
- p. xiii
- 1
- Introduction
- p. 1
- Part I
- Literary Context
- 2
- The Paradoxes of Quo vadis: the Polish Classical Tradition in Action
- p. 29
- 3
- Sienkiewicz and the Topography of Ancient Rome: the Riddle of Ostrianum in Quo vadis
- p. 39
- 4
- Costumes in Henryk Sienkiewicz's Quo vadis and their Literary and Painterly Sources
- p. 55
- 5
- Quo vadis and Ancient Rome in the United States, 1896-1905
- p. 73
- 6
- Comparing the Reception of Quo vadis and Ben-Hur in the United States, 1896-1913
- p. 87
- Part II
- Quo Vadis up to the Second World War
- 7
- Quo vadis on the Stage
- p. 107
- 8
- Dangerous Liaisons: Quo vadis? (1913, dir. Enrico Guazzoni) and the Previous Theatrical Adaptations of Sienkiewicz's Novel
- p. 123
- 9
- Word and Image: Competitive Adaptation in the Feature Film Quo vadis? (1913)
- p. 143
- 10
- Illustrating Quo vadis in Italy (1900-1925): between Cultivated Tradition and Popular Culture
- p. 165
- 11
- Horror amid Sweetness: Kitsch and the Intertextual Strategies of Quo vadis Postcards
- p. 193
- Part III
- Quo Vadis after the Second World War
- 12
- 'A more permanent world': Quo Vadis (1951), Runaway Production, and the Internationalization of Hollywood
- p. 211
- 13
- MGM's Quo Vadis; from Historical Fiction to Screen Spectacle
- p. 227
- 14
- 'O omnivorous powers, hail!': Film Dialogue in Quo Vadis (1951)
- p. 245
- 15
- Ursus as a Serial Figure
- p. 263
- 16
- The (In)discreet Charm of the Romans: Quo vadis (dir. Jerzy Kawalerowicz, 2001)
- p. 281
- Bibliography
- p. 301
- Index
- p. 321
