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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction: Olympus Moves to Hollywood
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Charting the Firmament
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Flights to Antiquity
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Undying Pasts
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Conclusion: The End of the Golden Age?
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'Williams' book is exemplary in its pursuit of illuminating parallels between the contemporary gods/goddesses and their classical antecedents. The particular period post-WW1 with its emphasis on heroes and broken men, on loss and celebration, on the marble memorialising of real-life heroes as compared with the potency of the star images caught in a complex mode of evanescence and permanence, is imbued with both poignancy for what is lost and the exhilaration of what the 'divinisation' (author's word) of the star phenomenon represents.' - Brian McFarlane, Monash University, Australia
'It must be recognised that the work of Williams brings a unique and thorough perspective to the phenomenon of the deification of the star, especially in Hollywood, and as such, it really is worth reading.' - Pierre Ve´ronneau, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Film Stardom, Myth and Classicism
Book Subtitle: The Rise of Hollywood's Gods
Authors: Michael Williams
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137291493
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Media & Culture Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-35544-6Published: 16 November 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-34715-5Published: 01 January 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-29149-3Published: 16 November 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 252
Topics: Media Studies, American Cinema and TV, Film History, Screen Studies, Genre