Tracking classical monsters in popular culture / Liz Gloyn.

"What is it about ancient monsters that popular culture still finds so enthralling? Why do the monsters of antiquity continue to stride across the modern world? In this book, the first in-depth study of how post-classical societies use the creatures from ancient myth, Liz Gloyn reveals the tren...

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Main Author: Gloyn, Liz (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.
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Table of Contents:
  • What makes a monster?
  • Classical monsters and where to find them
  • Monsters on film in the Harryhausen era
  • Muscles and imagination : the modern Peplum and beyond
  • Monsters and mythologies in Hercules : the legendary journeys
  • Tripping the telefantastic in Xena: warrior princess and Doctor Who
  • Thoroughly modern Medusa
  • Lost In the Minotaur's maze
  • Epilogue : the Sirens still sing.