Spartacus: Film and History by Winkler, Martin M.

Spartacus: Film and History (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781405131803)

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Format: Hardcover
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Spartacus: Film and History by Winkler, Martin M.

Spartacus: Film and History

$129.95
Spartacus: Film and History by Winkler, Martin M.

Spartacus: Film and History

$129.95
Format: Hardcover
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This is the first book systematically to analyze Kirk Douglas' and Stanley Kubrick's depiction of the slave revolt led by Spartacus from different historical, political, and cinematic perspectives.
  • Examines the film's use of ancient sources, the ancient historical contexts, the political significance of the film, the history of its censorship and restoration, and its place in film history.
  • Includes the most important passages from ancient authors' reports of the slave revolt in translation.


Author: Martin M. Winkler
ISBN-10: 1405131802
ISBN-13: 9781405131803
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English
Published: 01/16/2007
Pages: 296
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.34lbs
Size: 9.36h x 6.30w x 1.07d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2007 pg. 244
By Martin M. Winkler
By Martin M. Winkler
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Martin M. Winkler is Professor of Classics at George Mason University. Most recently he has edited the essay collections Troy: From Homer's Iliad to Hollywood Epic (Blackwell, 2006), Gladiator: Film and History (Blackwell, 2004), and Classical Myth and Culture in the Cinema (2001).

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