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Ovid's Myth of Pygmalion on Screen: In Pursuit of the Perfect Woman de Dr Paula James

Ovid's Myth of Pygmalion on Screen: In Pursuit of the Perfect Woman: Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception

Autor Dr Paula James
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 mar 2013
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.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781472504951
ISBN-10: 147250495X
Pagini: 248
Ilustrații: black & white illustrations
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Seria Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Uniquely traces the influence of Ovid's Pygmalion upon film and television narratives, discussing what fresh and fascinating perspectives modern texts can give upon Ovid's retelling of the myth and its subsequent trajectory through centuries of culture.

Notă biografică

Paula James is Senior Lecturer in Classical Studies at The Open University, UK, and has published widely in Latin Literature and on the reception of classical motifs in popular culture. She has appeared on 'Women's Hour' on Radio 4 to talk about her previous book The Role of the Parrot in Selected Texts from Ovid to Jean Rhysand has also appeared on Radio 3's Greek and Roman Essay series, speaking on Cicero.

Cuprins

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

Recenzii

Paula James has produced a brilliant and engaging study of how and why the modern media of film and television continue to refashion ancient mythological narratives for contemporary audiences, in this case, Ovid's story of Pygmalion and his ivory statue come to life. In a series of provocative and detailed chapters, James expertly examines an array of cinematic and televisual texts - from classic films like Vertigo (1958) to more recent screen productions such as Lars and the Real Girl (2007) and Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003) - that correspond on both the narrative and figurative levels to Ovid's myth of the "made-over woman." James deftly unravels the myth's infinite and powerful layers as she explores the popular genre of "make-over films," while delving into the question of our eternal fascination with the theme of artfully - or artificially - created life and the problems of "perfection" inherent in the eyes of the beholder. With the analytical skills of a classicist and the ardor of a film fan, James succeeds in assessing both the impact of the classical myth on modern viewers, as well as how each onscreen reception in its current cultural context sheds further interpretive light on the ancient story. Monica S. Cyrino, University of New Mexico, USA
The story of Elisa Doolittle, the working class flower girl transformed into the image of a Duchess by Professor Higgins, was made famous by the 1964 musical My Fair Lady. In her excellent book, Paula James positions this story within a more complex and long standing literary and cinematic tradition. Beginning with Ovid's epic poetry and his version of the Pygmalion myth, James explores how the narrative trope of the make-over has been repeatedly reworked and re-imagined on screen. Bringing together an exciting range of literary, cinematic, and televisual texts as diverse as Pygmalion, Vertigo, Pretty Woman, Miss Congeniality and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, James offers an insightful discussion of the perennial cultural need to fashion and re-fashion women into a fantasy ideal. Scholarly and engaging, this book will make you look at these texts, whether classical or pop culture, like never before. Stacey Abbot, Reader in Film and Television Studies, Roehampton University, London, UK
Drawing on an impressive range of scholarship, James generously acknowledges the work of others as well as forming her own conclusions surrounding the ultimate inadequacies of the created feminine ideal.. The book explores the ongoing fascination with Ovid's Pygmalion story, explains why it still has powerful resonances today and, furthermore, suggests how its new reworkings can illuminate readings of Ovid's Metamorphoses itself.
The fortunes of the Pygmalion story in literature and the fine arts have been well canvassed over the years; James provides the most extensive coverage so far for film and television.