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Bigger than Ben-Hur : the book, its adaptations, and their audiences / edited by Barbara Ryan and Milette Shamir. - First edition. - 1 online resource - Television and popular culture . - Television and popular culture. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: the Ben-Hur tradition / Barbara Ryan and Milette Shamir -- Ben-Hur's and America's Rome: from virtuous republic to tyrannous empire / Eran Shalev -- Ben-Hur's mother: narrative time, nostalgia, and progress in the Protestant historical romance / Milette Shamir -- Retelling and untelling the Christmas story: Ben-Hur, Uncle Midas, and the sunday-school movement / Jefferson J.A. Gatrall -- Holy lands, restoration, and Zionism in Ben-Hur / Hilton Obenzinger -- "In the service of Christianity": Ben-Hur and the "redemption" of the American theater, 1899-1920 / Howard Miller -- June Mathis's Ben-Hur: a tale of corporate change and the decline of women's influence in Hollywood / Thomas J. Slater -- Getting Judas right: the 1925 Ben-Hur as Jesus film and Biblical epic / Richard Walsh -- Take up the white man's burden: race and resistance to Ben-Hur / Barbara Ryan -- The erotics of the galley slave: male desire and Christian sacrifice in the 1959 film version of Ben-Hur / Ina Rae Hark -- Challenging a default Ben-Hur: a wish list / David Mayer.

ISBN: 9780815653318 (electronic bk.) 081565331X (electronic bk.)

Source: 22573/ctt1hzbwt0 JSTOR

Subjects--Personal Names:
Wallace, Lew, 1827-1905. Ben-Hur.
Wallace, Lew, 1827-1905 --Film adaptations.
Wallace, Lew, 1827-1905.

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Ben-Hur (Motion picture : 1925)
Ben-Hur (Motion picture : 1959)
Ben-Hur (Motion picture : 1925)
Ben-Hur (Motion picture : 1959)
Ben-Hur (Wallace, Lew)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Christianity in literature.
Christianity in motion pictures.
Motion pictures and literature.
Historical films--History and criticism.--United States
Christianisme dans la littérature.
Christianisme au cinéma.
Cinéma et littérature.
Films historiques--Histoire et critique.--États-Unis
LITERARY CRITICISM--American--General.
PERFORMING ARTS--Film & Video--History & Criticism.
Christianity in literature.
Christianity in motion pictures.
Historical films.
Motion pictures and literature.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Historical films.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Film adaptations.
Film adaptations.
Historical films.
Adaptations cinématographiques.
Films historiques.

LC Class. No.: PS3134 / .B43 2016eb

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.4