Rome Season Two : : Trial and Triumph / / Monica Cyrino.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Cyrino, Monica,
• MitwirkendeR: Almagor, Eran,; Augoustakis, Antony,; Boyd, Barbara Weiden,; Brice, Lee L.,; Chiu, Angeline C.,; Cyrino, Monica S.,; Daugherty, Gregory N.,; Day, Kirsten,; Harrisson, Juliette,; Johnston, John J.,; Kelly, Rachael,; Maurice, Lisa,; McAuley, Alex,; McCullough, Anna,; Pomeroy, Arthur J.,; Potter, Amanda,; Raucci, Stacie,; Toscano, Margaret M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Screening Antiquity : SCAN
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.) :; 18 B/W illustrations
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781474400282; 9783110780451
• DOI: 10.1515/9781474400282?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Monica Cyrino.

A collection of 17 cutting-edge essays on Rome Season TwoSet in the turbulent years after Caesar's assassination in 44 BC, Season Two of the HBO-BBC series Rome lays bare a city shaken by the violent power struggle between Octavian, Caesar's adopted son and heir, and Mark Antony, his most trusted general, bound in the seductive spell of Cleopatra.Rome Season Two: Trial & Triumph is the first academic volume to explore the second season of this critically acclaimed and commercially successful drama. It brings together seventeen pioneering and provocative essays written by an international cast of leading classical scholars and media critics. Focusing on the series' historical framework, visual and narrative style, thematic overtones, and influence on modern popular culture, this book also engages with the authenticity of the production and considers its place in the tradition of epic films and television series set in ancient Rome. Both scholarly and entertaining, this volume will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars in Classics and Ancient History as well as Film and Media Studies.Key Features The only academic volume focused exclusively on Season Two of RomeShowcases both established and up-and-coming international scholarsEdited by a leading contemporary scholar in the fieldOriginal, cutting edge research in fields of history, politics, gender, film, fan culture Explores the theme of Rome on screen from multiple angles: history, Classics, film studies, reception studies, gender studies, viewer response theory