{"product_id":"ben-hur-the-original-blockbuster-9781474407953","title":"Ben-Hur: The Original Blockbuster","description":"The complete history of the \u003cem\u003eBen-Hur\u003c\/em\u003e phenomenon\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBen-Hur\u003c\/em\u003e was the first literary blockbuster to generate multiple and hugely profitable adaptations, highlighted by the 1959 film that won a record-setting 11 Oscars. More than a century before \u003cem\u003eThe Hunger Games\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHarry Potter\u003c\/em\u003e, and decades before \u003cem\u003eGone with the Wind\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz\u003c\/em\u003e, General Lew Wallace's \u003cem\u003eBen-Hur\u003c\/em\u003e was spun off into dozens of popular publications and media productions, becoming a veritable commercial brand name that earned tens of millions of dollars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJon Solomon is Robert D. Novak Professor of Western Civilization and Culture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of Giovanni Boccaccio: The Genealogy of the Pagan Gods (Harvard University Press, 2011), The Ancient World in the Cinema: Revised and Expanded Edition (Yale University Press, 2001), Ptolemy's Harmonics: Translation and Commentary (Brill, 1999), The Ancient World in the Cinema (A. S. Barnes \u0026amp; Co, 1978), Ancient Roman Feasts and Recipes (E. A. Seemann, 1977), The Complete Three Stooges (C3 Entertainment, 2001). He is editor of Accessing Antiquity: The Computerization of Classics Studies (University of Arizona Press, 1993), Apollo: Origins and Influences (University of Arizona Press, 1994) and Ancient Worlds in Film and Television: Gender and Politics (Brill, 2013).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50850673197330,"sku":"9781474407953","price":57.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_654e3192-6516-42f2-97d8-11c20cadf1ab.jpg?v=1737416928","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ben-hur-the-original-blockbuster-9781474407953","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}