Ovid's myth of Pygmalion on screen : in pursuit of the perfect woman
James, Paula2013
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Focusing on screen storylines with a Pygmalion subtext, from silent cinema to Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Lars and the Real Girl , this book looks at why and how the made-over or manufactured woman has survived through the centuries and what we can learn about this problematic model of 'perfection' from the perspective of the past and the present. Given the myriad representations of Ovid's myth, can we really make a modern text a tool of interpretation for an ancient poem? This book answers with a resounding 'yes' and explains why it is so important to give antiquity back its future.
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Ovid's myth of Pygmalion on screen : in pursuit of the perfect woman / by Paula James.
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London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2013.
Collation:
248 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9781472504951 (pbk)
Dewey class:
791.4567791.4567 JAM
Language:
English
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BRN:
241586
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