Starz Spartacus: Reimagining an Icon on Screen

Book Overview

Gladiator, rebel slave leader, revolutionary: the figure of Spartacus frequently serves as an icon of resistance against oppression in modern political movements, while his legend has inspired numerous receptions over the centuries in many different media. With its visually excessive style of graphic sex and CGI-enhanced violence, the four seasons of the premium cable television series STARZ Spartacus tells the story of the historical Thracian...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474432565
• ISBN13: 9781474432566
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"