Classical Antiquity in Heavy Metal Music (IMAGINES û Classical Receptions in the Visual and Performing Arts)

Vergil's Aeneid and nationalism in Italian metal -- Eternal defiance : Celtic identity and the classical past in heavy metal -- Screaming ancient Greek hymns : the case of Kawir and the Greek black metal scene -- Cassandra's plight : gender, genre, and historical concepts of femininity in goth and power metal -- Heavy metal Dido : Heimdall's Ballad of the Queen -- A metal monstrum : Ex Deos Caligula -- Occult and pulp visions of Greece and Rome in heavy metal -- When the land was milk and honey and magic was strong and true : Edward Said, ancient Egypt, and heavy metal -- Coda : some trends in metal's use of classical antiquity.

• | Author: K. F. B. Fletcher, Osman Umurhan
• | Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• | Publication Date: Oct 03, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 272 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/History
• | ISBN-10: 1350075353
• | ISBN-13: 9781350075351