Ovid's myth of Pygmalion on screen : in pursuit of the perfect woman

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Ovid's myth of Pygmalion on screen : in pursuit of the perfect woman

Paula James

（Bloomsbury studies in classical reception）

Bloomsbury Academic, 2013, c2011

  • : pb
  • : hardback

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"First published by Continuum International Publishing Group 2011. Paperback edition first published 2013"--T.p. verso

Filmography: p. [219]-221

Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-218) and index

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: hardback ISBN 9781441184665

内容説明

Exploration of the reception of Ovid's myth thorughout history in fiction, film and television. Why has the myth of Pygmalion and his ivory statue proved so inspirational for writers, artists, philosophers, scientists, and directors and creators of films and television series? The 'authorised' version of the story appears in the epic poem of transformations, "Metamorphoses", by the first-century CE Latin poet Ovid; in which the bard Orpheus narrates the legend of the sculptor king of Cyprus whose beautiful carved woman was brought to life by the goddess Venus. 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. "Continuum Studies in Classical Reception" presents scholarly monographs offering new and innovative research and debate to students and scholars in the reception of 'Classical Studies'. Each volume will explore the appropriation, reconceptualization and recontextualization of various aspects of the Graeco-Roman world and its culture, looking at the impact of the ancient world on modernity. Research will also cover reception within antiquity, the theory and practice of translation, and reception theory.

目次

  • 1. Preface - Why Pygmalion?
  • 2. Introduction - Ovid's Pygmalion Myth and its cultural contexts
  • 3. My Fair Lady: the make-over movie from Shaw's Pygmalion to Miss Congeniality
  • 4. Bringing the Gods down to Earth - supernatural statues on film
  • 5. Lesser mortals, lesser movies and the mannequin factor
  • 6. Bathos and Pathos - perfect girlfriends who fail to please
  • 7. Producing Pandoras - screen robots and 'virtual' women as unpredictable partners
  • 8. Role reversals: Female empowerment and Haraway's 'cyborg manifesto'
  • 9. Crossing boundaries: returning Pygmalion to the pedestal?
  • 10. Where do we go from here? Thinking with Myth and Myth-making in the future
  • Bibliography
  • Index.
巻冊次

: pb ISBN 9781472504951

内容説明

Why has the myth of Pygmalion and his ivory statue proved so inspirational for writers, artists, philosophers, scientists, and directors and creators of films and television series? The 'authorised' version of the story appears in the epic poem of transformations, Metamorphoses, by the first-century CE Latin poet Ovid; in which the bard Orpheus narrates the legend of the sculptor king of Cyprus whose beautiful carved woman was brought to life by the goddess Venus. 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.

目次

Acknowledgments \ Introduction \ 1. Ovid's Rich Text - Layers of identity in the Pygmalion myth \ 2. Tragic Transformations: Making and breaking the statue on screen \ 3. Romancing the Stone: The made-over woman as comedy \ 4. She was Venus all along: The statue as screen goddess \ 5. Pygmalion's robots - The horror and the humour \ 6. Bathos and Pathos - A simulacrum among simulacra \ 7. Virtually Perfect: Hi and lo tech gals of the computer age \ 8. More Myth Making at the Movies \ Appendix: Ovid's Pygmalion \ Bibliography \ Filmography \ Index

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