Exploration of the reception of Ovid's myth thorughout history in fiction, film and television. 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. "Continuum Studies in Classical Reception" presents scholarly monographs offering new and innovative research and debate to students and scholars in the reception of 'Classical Studies'. Each volume will explore the appropriation, reconceptualization and recontextualization of various aspects of the Graeco-Roman world and its culture, looking at the impact of the ancient world on modernity. Research will also cover reception within antiquity, the theory and practice of translation, and reception theory.

'The Art and Ideology of the Trade Union Emblem, 1850-1925' is a groundbreaking book that considers trade union emblems and banners as art objects in their own right. It studies their commissioning, their designers and the social conditions and gender relations that they knowingly or unwittingly reveal.

The encounter that was to change two lives so completely started with a single erotic experience in a drafty hangar. Mattie Palmason and Dr. Michael Matthews consummated nothing but a confusing and dysfunctional meeting that would finally bind them together. With Mattie's looks, education and her father, Senator Bradley T. Palmason, she would appear to be the perfect catch. However, it had become her goal to dismiss men from her life. She had been hurt too many times to throw herself into another relationship. She was on the proverbial relationship wagon - at least until Michael Matthews appeared on the scene. His looks and background, as a National Security Agency psychologist, interviewer, and clandestine operative did not impress Mattie. He was simply another man to be avoided, even though she had found the hangar episode, to say the least, tempting. Michael, suffering from a rogue teenage hormone, can't shake his memory of the near sexual experience in the hangar. He pledges to become a one-woman-man and begins his energetic chase for Mattie's affection, the first woman in his life that represented anything more than sex. More entanglements ensue, from Mattie's obsessive hatred of her philandering father to her father's ideas of how to discourage men to stay away from his daughter. The senator hires a retired mercenary to keep Michael away. More complications arise when Dr. Michael Matthews receives two notes suggesting suicide and murder threats, possibly from one of his clients. The threats are implied and suggest sexual bribery. Mattie and Michael strive to consummate their intentions. The interruptions in their plans include the murder of a close family friend, the threats and kidnapping of Mattie by the mercenary named Big, and the senator's repulsive and forced involvement in their difficult lives. And that is just the beginning.

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.