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Bigger than Ben-Hur: The Book, Its Adaptations, and Their Audiences (Television and Popular Culture)
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Paperback. Editor(s): Ryan, Barbara; Shamir, Milette. Series: Television and Popular Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
First published in 1880, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ became a best-seller. The popular novel spawned an 1899 stage adaptation, reaching audiences of over 10 million, and two highly successful film adaptations. For over a century, it has become a ubiquitous pop cultural presence, representing a deeply powerful story and monumental experience for some and a defining work of bad taste and false piety for others. The first and only collection of essays on this pivotal cultural icon, Bigger Than ""Ben-Hur"" addresses Lew Wallace’s beloved classic to explore its polarizing effect and to expand the contexts within which it ... Read more
First published in 1880, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ became a best-seller. The popular novel spawned an 1899 stage adaptation, reaching audiences of over 10 million, and two highly successful film adaptations. For over a century, it has become a ubiquitous pop cultural presence, representing a deeply powerful story and monumental experience for some and a defining work of bad taste and false piety for others. The first and only collection of essays on this pivotal cultural icon, Bigger Than ""Ben-Hur"" addresses Lew Wallace’s beloved classic to explore its polarizing effect and to expand the contexts within which it ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
Series
Television and Popular Culture
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815634034
SKU
V9780815634034
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-99
About
Barbara Ryan is associate professor in the University Scholars Programme at the National University of Singapore. She is the author of Love, Wages, Slavery and a coeditor of Reading Acts. Milette Shamir is senior lecturer in English and American studies at Tel Aviv University, Israel. She is the author of Inexpressible Privacy: The Interior Life of Antebellum American Literature ... Read more
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