Rome Season Two

Trial and Triumph

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

409 kr

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Set in the turbulent years after Caesar’s assassination in 44 BC, Season Two of the HBO-BBC series Rome lays bare a city shaken by the violent power struggle between Octavian, Caesar’s adopted son and heir, and Mark Antony, his most trusted general, bound in the seductive spell of Cleopatra. Rome Season Two: Trial & Triumph is the first academic volume to explore the second season of this critically acclaimed and commercially successful drama. It brings together seventeen pioneering and provocative essays written by an international cast of leading classical scholars and media critics. Focusing on the series’ historical framework, visual and narrative style, thematic overtones, and influence on modern popular culture, this book also engages with the authenticity of the production and considers its place in the tradition of epic films and television series set in ancient Rome. Both scholarly and entertaining, this volume will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars in Classics and Ancient History as well as Film and Media Studies.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2026-10-31
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieScreening Antiquity
Antal sidor272
FörlagEdinburgh University Press
ISBN9781399571746

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Monica S. Cyrino is Professor of Classics at the University of New Mexico. Her scholarly research centers on the reception of the ancient world on screen. She has published numerous books and articles and often gives lectures around the world on the representation of classical antiquity on film and television. She has served as an academic consultant on several recent film and television productions.

Illustrations; Contributors; Episode Guide; Introduction: The Trials and Triumphs of Rome Season Two, Monica S. Cyrino; Part I Power and Politics; 1. A Touch Too Cerebral: Eulogizing Caesar in Rome, Angeline C. Chiu; 2. Discharging Pullo and Vorenus: Veterans in Rome, Lee L. Brice; 3. Gangsterism in Rome, Arthur J. Pomeroy; 4. Class, Chaos, and Control in Rome, Margaret M. Toscano; 5. Earning Immortality: Cicero’s Death Scene in Rome, Eran Almagor; 6. The Triumvirate of the Ring in Rome, Barbara Weiden Boyd; 7. Jews and Judaism in Rome, Lisa Maurice; Part II Sex and Status; 8. Revenge and Rivalry in Rome, Stacie Raucci; 9. Effigies of Atia and Servilia: Effacing the Female Body in Rome, Antony Augoustakis; 10. Livia, Sadomasochism, and the Anti-Augustan Tradition in Rome, Anna McCullough; 11. Windows and Mirrors: Illuminating the Invisible Women of Rome, Kirsten Day; 12. Antony and Atia: Tragic Romance in Rome, Juliette Harrisson; 13. Problematic Masculinity: Antony and the Political Sphere in Rome, Rachael Kelly; 14. Rome, Shakespeare, and the Dynamics of the Cleopatra Reception, Gregory N. Daugherty; 15. The Rattle of the Sistrum: “Othering” Cleopatra and Egypt in Rome, John J. Johnston; 16. Gateways to Vice: Drugs and Sex in Rome, Alex McAuley; 17. Slashing Rome: Season Two Rewritten in Online Fanfiction, Amanda Potter; Filmography; Bibliography; Index