{"product_id":"ancient-violence-in-the-modern-imagination-the-fear-and-the-fury-paperback","title":"Ancient Violence in the Modern Imagination: The Fear and the Fury - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIrene Berti\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMaria G. Castello\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eCarla Scilabra\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe collected essays in this volume focus on the presentation, representation and interpretation of ancient violence - from war to slavery, rape and murder - in the modern visual and performing arts, with special attention to videogames and dance as well as the more usual media of film, literature and theatre. Violence, fury and the dread that they provoke are factors that appear frequently in the ancient sources. The dark side of antiquity, so distant from the ideal of purity and harmony that the classical heritage until recently usually called forth, has repeatedly struck the imagination of artists, writers and scholars across ages and cultures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA global assembly of contributors, from Europe to Brazil and from the US to New Zealand, consider historical and mythical violence in Stanley Kubrick's \u003ci\u003eSpartacus\u003c\/i\u003eand the 2010 TV series of the same name, in Ridley Scott's \u003ci\u003eGladiator\u003c\/i\u003e, in the work of Lars von Trier, and in Soviet ballet and the choreography of Martha Graham and Anita Berber. Representations of Roman warfare appear in videogames such as \u003ci\u003eRyse: Son of Rome\u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Total War\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as recent comics, and examples from both these media are analysed in the volume. Finally, interviews with two artists offer insight into the ways in which practitioners understand and engage with the complex reception of these themes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIrene Berti \u003c\/b\u003eis a Teaching Fellow at the Pädagogische Hochschule, Heidelberg, Germany. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaria G. Castello\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor in the Dipartimento di Studi Storici at the Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarla Scilabra \u003c\/b\u003eis an independent scholar, Italy.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 21, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47459211411709,"sku":"9781350195035","price":84.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/MnBGOWw4WkJQYjRtNTNoZ3A4YXVqZz09.webp?v=1777253160","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/ancient-violence-in-the-modern-imagination-the-fear-and-the-fury-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}