Sunday, August 28, 2016

Review of Ryan and Shamir (eds.), Bigger than Ben-Hur

BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW:
Barbara Ryan, Milette Shamir (ed.), Bigger than Ben-Hur: The Book, its Adaptations, and their Audiences. Television and popular culture. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2016. Pp. xviii, 269. ISBN 9780815634034. $34.95 (pb).

Reviewed by Ruth Scodel, The University of Michigan (rscodel@umich.edu)


Preview
Timely. Background on the new Ben-Hur movie is here and links. Those links will lead to discussions of the book and previous film adaptations etc.