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Ovid's Myth of Pygmalion on Screen : In Pursuit of the Perfect Woman

Author
James, Paula
Published
London : Continuum International Pub., 2011.
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1 online resource (249 pages).
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English.
Contents
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 Ovid's Rich Text: Layers of Identity in the Pygmalion Myth; Chapter 2 Tragic Transformations: Making and Breaking the Statue on Screen; Chapter 3 Romancing the Stone: the Made- Over Woman as Comedy; Chapter 4 She Was Venus All Along: the Statue as Screen Goddess; Chapter 5 Pygmalion's Robots: the Horror and the Humour; Chapter 6 Bathos and Pathos: a Simulacrum among Simulacra; Chapter 7 Virtually Perfect: Hi and Lo Tech Gals of the Computer Age; Chapter 8 More Myth Making at the Movies. and Appendix: Ovid's PygmalionNotes; Bibliography; Filmography; Index.
Summary
Why has the myth of Pygmalion and his ivory statue proved so inspirational for writers, artists, philosophers, scientists, and directors and creators of films and television series? The authorised' version of the story appears in the epic poem of transformations, Metamorphoses, by the first-century CE Latin poet Ovid; in which the bard Orpheus narrates the legend of the sculptor king of Cyprus whose beautiful carved woman was brought to life by the goddess Venus. Focusing on screen storylines with a Pygmalion subtext, from silent cinema to Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Lars and the Real Girl, th.
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9781441168504 (electronic bk.)
1441168508 (electronic bk.)
1283307766
9781283307765
9781472555700 (online)
1472555708 (online)
9781441146779 (electronic book)
1441146776 (electronic book)
9786613307767
6613307769
144118466X
9781441184665
147250495X
9781472504951
9781441184665 (hardback)
9781472504951 (paperback)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-214) and index.
Filmography: pages 215-217.
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