@book{dade911d43ca442e83348438c5286f46,
title = "The Epic Film in World Culture",
abstract = "With the recent release of spectacular blockbuster films from Gladiator to The Lord of the Rings trilogy, the epic has once again become a major form in contemporary cinema. The original essays in this volume explore the tension between the evolving global context of film production and reception and the particular provenance of the epic as an expression of national mythology and aspirations, challenging our understanding of epics produced in the present as well as our perception of epic films from the past. Contributors explore new critical approaches to contemporary as well as older epic films, drawing on ideas from cultural studies, historiography, classics, and film studies. ",
keywords = "film epic world culture",
editor = "Burgoyne, {Robert James}",
note = "This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2010.",
year = "2011",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-0-415-99018-9",
series = "AFI Film Readers",
publisher = "Routledge Taylor & Francis Group",
address = "United States",
}