Fugitive Sources, Ben-Hur, and the Popular Art “Property”
Abstract
When I started my work on Ben-Hur several years ago, I had little idea that it was, in fact, “work.” It began as a curiosity, developed into a passionate interest, and resulted in what I would like to think is an important identification—that Ben-Hur is the avatar of the popular culture “property” that enters as a best-selling item, spreads to other artistic genres, and develops into a variety of business synergies.
My education, training, and professional research have been mostly in traditional sources and resources. For my dissertation, a critical edition of Cleonides’ Harmonic Introduction (Eisagogê harmonikê), I collated ...
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