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Old Stories and Contemporary Issues in Films about Antiquity and the Middle Ages

Old Stories and Contemporary Issues in Films about Antiquity and the Middle Ages

Luigi Andrea Berto

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2022
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Historia
ISBN:
9780367720384

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This volume creates awareness among spectators about the differences between the past and the present, the importance of understanding the past-present relationship, and the reasons behind reconstructions that distort the past in films about Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

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