Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Biblical epics : sacred narrative in the Hollywood cinema / Bruce Babington & Peter William Evans.

By: Babington, BruceContributor(s): Evans, Peter WilliamMaterial type: TextTextReference number:ocm26973702Publication details: Manchester ; New York : New York, NY, USA : Manchester University Press ; Distribution exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press, c1993. Description: vii, 248 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 0719032687 (hardback); 0719040302 (pbk.)Subject(s): Bible films -- History and criticism | Cinema Films (Motion pictures) Special subjects Religion | United StatesDDC classification: 791.43/682 LOC classification: PN1995.9.B53 | B3 1993
Contents:
Introduction: Theorising the Biblical Epic -- Pt. 1. The Old Testament Epic. 1. Jewish questions. 2. Questions of narrative. 3. Henry King's David and Bathsheba (1951) -- Pt. 2. The Christ Film. 4. The lives of Christ: the greatest story every screened. 5. 'Abide with Me': Cecil B. De Mille's The King of Kings (1927). 6. 'Son of Man': Nicholas Ray's King of Kings (1961). 7. An American pastoral: George Stevens's The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965). 8. From Main Street to mean streets: Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) -- Pt. 3. The Roman/Christian Epic. 9. The poetics of the Roman/Christian Epic. 10. The Robe and Demetrius and the Gladiators. Coda: Victor Agonistes; or, justice done to an unconsidered star.
Reviews from LibraryThing.com:
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Class number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item reservations
Book Book Main Library General Shelves 791.43682 B11B (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 051570024
Total reservations: 0

Includes bibliographical references (p.[239]-242) and index.

Introduction: Theorising the Biblical Epic -- Pt. 1. The Old Testament Epic. 1. Jewish questions. 2. Questions of narrative. 3. Henry King's David and Bathsheba (1951) -- Pt. 2. The Christ Film. 4. The lives of Christ: the greatest story every screened. 5. 'Abide with Me': Cecil B. De Mille's The King of Kings (1927). 6. 'Son of Man': Nicholas Ray's King of Kings (1961). 7. An American pastoral: George Stevens's The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965). 8. From Main Street to mean streets: Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) -- Pt. 3. The Roman/Christian Epic. 9. The poetics of the Roman/Christian Epic. 10. The Robe and Demetrius and the Gladiators. Coda: Victor Agonistes; or, justice done to an unconsidered star.

1

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.