Author: Lew WallacePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
The First Christmas
Author: Lew WallaceBen-Hur
Author: Jon SolomonPublisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 147440796X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 929
Book Description
Ben-Hur was the first literary blockbuster to generate multiple and hugely profitable adaptations, highlighted by the 1959 film that won a record-setting 11 Oscars. General Lew Wallace's book was spun off into dozens of popular publications and media productions, becoming a veritable commercial brand name that earned tens of millions of dollars. Ben-Hur: The Original Blockbuster surveys the Ben-Hur phenomenon's unprecedented range and extraordinary endurance: various editions, spin-off publications, stage productions, movies, comic books, radio plays, and retail products were successfully marketed and sold from the 1880s and throughout the twentieth century. Today Ben-Hur Live is touring Europe and Asia, with a third MGM film in production in Italy.Jon Solomon's new book offers an exciting and detailed study of the Ben-Hur brand, tracking its spectacular journey from Wallace's original novel through to twenty-first century adaptations, and encompassing a wealth of previously unexplored material along the way
Ben-Hur
Author: Lew WallaceThe First Christmas
Author: Lew WallaceBigger than Ben-Hur
Author: Barbara RyanPublisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 081565331X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
First published in 1880, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ became a best-seller. The popular novel spawned an 1899 stage adaptation, reaching audiences of over 10 million, and two highly successful film adaptations. For over a century, it has become a ubiquitous pop cultural presence, representing a deeply powerful story and monumental experience for some and a defining work of bad taste and false piety for others. The first and only collection of essays on this pivotal cultural icon, Bigger Than “Ben-Hur” addresses Lew Wallace’s beloved classic to explore its polarizing effect and to expand the contexts within which it can be studied. In the essays gathered here, scholars approach Ben-Hur from multiple directions—religious and secular, literary, theatrical, and cinematic—to understand not just one story in varied formats but also what they term the “Ben-Hur tradition.” Drawing from a wide range of disciplines, contributions include the rise of the Protestant novel in the United States; relationships between and among religion, spectacle, and consumerism; the “New Woman” in early Hollywood; and a “wish list” for future adaptations, among others. Together, these essays explore how this remarkably fluid story of faith, love, and revenge has remained relevant to audiences across the globe for over 130 years.
Union Catalogue of Books in Embossed Type in the Libraries of the Pacific Northwest
Author: Pacific Northwest Library AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Blind
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
The Publishers Weekly
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1426
Book Description
The Christian Advocate
Author: An Index to Poetry and Recitations
Author: Edith GrangerPublisher: Chicago : A.C. McClurg
ISBN:
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 978
Book Description
A Compendium of World Classical Literature
Author: John AntonakosPublisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1524654396
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
The purpose of this book is to encourage readers to read classical books. By perusing this book and recognizing the names of various noted authors, one will be further inclined to pursue the literature that these authors have composed.