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With Fire and Sword
Patrick Lucanio
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Description for With Fire and Sword
hardcover. A comprehensive study of the English-dubbed Italian spectacles produced in the 1960s which are often described as 'beefcake' and 'sword'n'sandal' epics. Includes a filmography of over 300 films, bibliography, and index. Num Pages: 540 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 31. Weight in Grams: 794.
With Fire and Sword is a comprehensive study of the English-dubbed Italian spectacles produced in the 1960s which are often described as "beefcake" and "sword'n'sandal" epics. Termed respectably peplum by the many French critics who thought highly of the genre, such films as Hercules and Goliath and the Barbarians held a fascination for American movie and television audiences at a time of social and political turmoil. Using myth criticism to extract value in the films, the book first presents a descriptive study of the genre by defining its characteristics before analyzing its motifs, iconography, and narrative patterns; as a result, ... Read more
With Fire and Sword is a comprehensive study of the English-dubbed Italian spectacles produced in the 1960s which are often described as "beefcake" and "sword'n'sandal" epics. Termed respectably peplum by the many French critics who thought highly of the genre, such films as Hercules and Goliath and the Barbarians held a fascination for American movie and television audiences at a time of social and political turmoil. Using myth criticism to extract value in the films, the book first presents a descriptive study of the genre by defining its characteristics before analyzing its motifs, iconography, and narrative patterns; as a result, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
540
Condition
New
Number of Pages
540
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810828162
SKU
V9780810828162
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About Patrick Lucanio
Patrick Lucanio (Ph.D., M.S., University of Oregon; M.A.T., B.S., Western Oregon State College) is a lecturer in Humanities at Western Oregon State College in Monmouth. A myth and Jungian critic with interests in film and American literature, Luciano has written numerous articles on film and television history and genre studies. He is the author of Them or Us: Archetypal Interpretations ... Read more
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