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Genre/Form: | Biography Electronic books Biographies History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Boardman, John. Alexander the Great : From His Death to the Present Day. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2018 (OCoLC)1056198669 |
Named Person: | Alexander, the Great; Alexander, the Great |
Material Type: | Biography, Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
John Boardman |
ISBN: | 9780691184043 0691184046 |
OCLC Number: | 1056910810 |
Description: | 1 online resource (181 pages) |
Contents: | Introduction -- His biographers -- His body and burial -- The Alexander portraits in antiquity -- The Alexander romances in the Middle Ages -- The Persian Alexander/Iskander -- The Indian Alexander -- The Alexander story in the Renaissance and down to the present day -- Alexander, star of film, stage, and novel -- Fellow travellers, Marco Polo to TV -- Envoi. |
Responsibility: | John Boardman. |
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"A vivid survey." * Times Higher Education * "Boardman's affection for his subject shines . . . . [Alexander the Great] will entertain and instruct both scholars and the wider public . . . . [Boardman's] extensive knowledge of ancient literature and even more especially art, ranging far beyond the narrow confines of the classical world, remains unrivalled."---Lucilla Burn, Art Newspaper "This delightful book will encourage you to take another look [at Alexander the Great]."---Michael Fallon, Classics for All "The strength of the work is its rich collection of illustrations of art based on the Alexander Romance. "---S. M. Burstein, Choice Reviews "[An] engaging study of the evolution of Alexander the Great mythos from antiquity down to the present day through art, literature, music, and film. . . . Alexander the Great: From his Death to the Present Day is a delightful read and has much to offer to anyone interested in the story of Alexander."---Timothy Howe, Bryn Mawr Classical Review "Boardman produces an engaging book able to open up the doors of a scholar's studio and to give a sense of the innumerable shapes assumed by Alexander over time - and proving once again how very much alive he has been for the past twenty-three centuries and still is today."---Claudia Daniotti, International Journal of the Classical Tradition Read more...


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- Alexander, -- the Great, -- 356 B.C.-323 B.C.
- Greece -- History -- Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C.
- Generals -- Greece -- Biography.
- Greece -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
- Grèce -- Histoire -- 359-323 av. J.-C. (Expansion de la Macédoine)
- Généraux -- Grèce -- Biographies.
- HISTORY -- Ancient -- Greece.
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
- ART -- History -- Ancient & Classical.
- Generals.
- Kings and rulers.
- Greece.