The New Peplum: Essays on Sword and Sandal Films and Television Programs Since the 1990s

by Valerie Estelle Frankel, Nicholas Diak, Steven L. Sears

Peplum or "sword-and-sandal" films--an Italian genre of the late 1950s through the 1960s--featured ancient Greek, Roman and Biblical stories with gladiators, mythological monsters and legendary quests. The new wave of historic epics, known as neo-pepla, is distinctly different, embracing new technologies and storytelling techniques to create an immersive experience unattainable in the earlier films.

This collection of new essays explores...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476667624
• ISBN13: 9781476667621
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher