Ancient magic and the supernatural in the modern visual and performing arts /

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Imprint:	London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.
Description:	xvi, 335 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Bloomsbury studies in classical reception Bloomsbury studies in classical reception.
Subject:	Magic in art. Supernatural in art. Art and mythology. Art -- Themes, motives. Art, Modern -- History. Performing arts -- History. Art and society -- History. Art and religion -- History. Group identity -- History. Art and mythology. Art and religion. Art and society. Art, Modern. Art -- Themes, motives. Group identity. Magic in art. Performing arts. Supernatural in art. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10162853

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Other authors / contributors:	Carlà-Uhink, Filippo editor. Berti, Irene, editor.
ISBN:	9781472527837 (hardback) 1472527836 (hardback) 9781472527387 (pdf) 9781472532213 (ebook)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"To what extent did mythological figures such as Circe and Medea influence the representation of the powerful 'oriental' enchantress in modern Western art? What role did the ancient gods and heroes play in the construction of the imaginary worlds of the modern fantasy genre? What is the role of undead creatures like zombies and vampires in mythological films? Looking across the millennia, from the distrust of ancient magic and oriental cults, which threatened the new-born Christian religion, to the revival and adaptation of ancient myths and religion in the arts centuries later, this book offers an original analysis of the reception of ancient magic and the supernatural, across a wide variety of different media--from comics to film, from painting to opera. Working in a variety of fields across the globe, the authors of these essays deconstruct certain scholarly traditions by proposing original interdisciplinary approaches and collaborations, showing to what extent the visual and performing arts of different periods interlink and shape cultural and social identities"--

Table of Contents:

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List of Contributors
1. Magic and the Supernatural from the Ancient World: An Introduction
2. Gods and Demons in Texts: Figures and Symbols of the Defixion Inscriptions of the Nymphaeum of Anna Perenna at Rome
3. Imaging Magic, Imaging Thinking: The Transmission of Greek Drama from Sophocles to Crimp
4. Celtic Magic and Rituals in The War Lord (F. Schaffner, 1965)
5. Witch, Sorceress, Enchantress: Magic and Women from the Ancient World to the Present
6. Circe Diva: The Reception of Circe in the Baroque Opera (seventeenth century)
7. Medea, a Greek Sorceress in Modern Opera and Ballet: From Barber to Reimann
8. Colchian Pharmaka: The Colours of Medea in Nineteenth-century Painting in France and England
9. Canidia and Erichtho: Snapshots from their Postclassical Life
10. Project(ion) Wonder Woman: Metamorphoses of a Superheroine
11. Ancient Horrors; Cinematic Antiquity and the Undead
12. The Phoenix, the Werewolf and the Centaur: The Reception of Mythical Beasts in the Harry Potter Novels and their Film Adaptations
13. Theoi Becoming Kami: Classical Mythology in the Anime World
14. Everypony Has a Story: Revisions of Greco-Roman Mythology in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
15. The Depraved Devotion of Elagabalus: Images of the Priest-emperor in the Visual and Performing Arts
16. Women and Religion in Epic Films: The Fifties' Advocate for Christian Conversion and Today's Pillar of Paganism?
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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