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The novel of Neronian Rome and its multimedial transformations : Sienkiewicz's Quo vadis

Title
The novel of Neronian Rome and its multimedial transformations : Sienkiewicz's Quo vadis / edited by Monika Woźniak and Maria Wyke.
ISBN
9780198867531
0198867530
Edition
First edition.
Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Copyright Notice Date
©2020
Physical Description
xvi, 333 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm.
Summary
The Polish writer Henryk Sienkiewicz was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1905 largely on the basis of his historical novel Quo vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero. The novel's vivid and moving reconstruction of religious persecution and struggle against tyranny catapulted its author into literary stardom. But, before long, Quo vadis began to 'detach' itself from the person of its author and to become a multimedial, mass culture phenomenon. In the West and in the East, it was adapted for stage and screen, provided the inspiration for works of music and other genres of literature, was transformed into comic strips and illustrated children's books, was cited in advertising, and referenced in everyday objects of material culture. This volume explores0the strategies Sienkiewicz used to recreate Neronian Rome and the reasons his novel was so avidly consumed and reproduced in new editions, translations, visual illustrations, and adaptations to the stage and screen across Europe and in the United States. The contributions render visible for English-speaking readers the impact of a Polish work of high literature on the presence of Nero, Christian persecution, and ancient Rome in Western popular culture.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 21, 2022
Series
Classical presences.
Classical presences
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-319) and index.
Contents
Introduction / Monika Woźniak and Maria Wyke
Part I. Literary Context
The Paradoxes of Quo vadis: The Polish Classical Tradition in Action / Jerzy Axer
Sienkiewicz and the Topography of Ancient Rome: the Riddle of Ostrianum in Quo vadis / Adam Ziółkowski
Costumes in Henryk Sienkiewicz's Quo vadis and Their Literary and Painterly Sources / Ewa Skwara
Quo vadis and Ancient Rome in the United States, 1896-1905 / Ruth Scodel
Comparing the Reception of Quo Vadis and Ben-Hur in the United States, 1896-1913 / Jon Solomon
Part II. Quo vadis up to the Second World War
Quo vadis on the stage / David Mayer
Dangerous Liaisons: Quo vadis? (1913, dir. Enrico Guazzoni) and the Previous Theatrical Adaptations of Sienkiewicz's Novel / Stella Dagna
Word and Image: Competitive Adaptation in the Feature Film Quo vadis? (1913) / Maria Wyke
Illustrating Quo vadis in Italy (1900-1925): Between Cultivated Tradition and Popular Culture / Raffaele De Berti & Elisabetta Gagetti
Horror amid Sweetness: Kitsch and the Intertextual Strategies of Quo vadis Postcards / Ewa Górecka
Part III. Quo vadis post the Second World War.
'A more permanent world': Quo Vadis (1951), Runaway Production, and the Internationalisation of Hollywood / Jonathan Stubbs
M-G-M's QVO VADIS: From Historical Fiction to Screen Spectacle / Martin M. Winkler
'O omnivorous powers, hail!': Film Dialogue in Quo Vadis (1951) / Monika Woźniak
Ursus as a Serial Figure / Monica dall'Asta and Alessandro Faccioli
The (In)discreet Charm of the Romans: Quo vadis (dir. Jerzy Kawalerowicz, 2001) / Elżbieta Ostrowska.
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