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Ovid's Myth of Pygmalion on Screen - In Pursuit of the Perfect Woman (Paperback)
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Ovid's Myth of Pygmalion on Screen - In Pursuit of the Perfect Woman (Paperback)
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception
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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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