{"product_id":"ancient-greece-and-rome-in-ross-clare-9781835537947","title":"Ancient Greece and Rome in Modern Science Fiction: Amazing Antiquity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAncient Greece and Rome in Modern Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e introduces and analyses the reception of classical antiquity in contemporary science fiction. By using up-to-date methods from classical reception theory, science-fiction analysis and fictional-world studies, the book will help furnish the reader's understanding of the ways in which the literature, culture, history and mythology of ancient Greece and Rome are appropriated and represented across multiple media platforms in the science-fiction genre today. The book will therefore serve as an entry point into several areas of study: the reception of classics in popular culture, antiquity in modern media, the uses of the ancient world in science-fiction, and broader science-fiction criticism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe chapters - structured by medium - principally offer a roughly chronological overview of that medium and its treatment of ancient history, mythology, literature and culture. An abundance of case studies from literature, film and television and videogames including \u003ci\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBattlestar Galactica\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFallout: New Vegas, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eMass Effect \u003c\/i\u003efranchise and \u003ci\u003eAssassin's Creed\u003c\/i\u003e show how classical antiquity is reused, encountered, re-encountered by creators and consumers of the present - how we bounce off it, and it bounces off us, and how this reciprocation creates new visions of Greece and of Rome.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ross Clare\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1835537944\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781835537947\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liverpool University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/28\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d","brand":"Ross Clare","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46250733207807,"sku":"9781835537947","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d4335140-031a-4e09-b7d4-f133576637d5.jpg?v=1729601233","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ancient-greece-and-rome-in-ross-clare-9781835537947","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}