Cinema Arthuriana: Twenty Essays, rev. ed.
The legends of King Arthur have not only endured for centuries, but also flourished in constant retellings and new stories built around the central themes. With the coming of motion pictures, Arthur was destined to hit the screen.

This edition of Cinema Arthuriana, revised in 2002, presents 20 essays on the topic of the recurring presence of the legend in film and television from 1904 to 2001. They cover such films as Excalibur (1981) and Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), television productions such as The Mists of Avalon (2001), and French and German films about the quest for the Holy Grail and the other adventures of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.

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Cinema Arthuriana: Twenty Essays, rev. ed.
The legends of King Arthur have not only endured for centuries, but also flourished in constant retellings and new stories built around the central themes. With the coming of motion pictures, Arthur was destined to hit the screen.

This edition of Cinema Arthuriana, revised in 2002, presents 20 essays on the topic of the recurring presence of the legend in film and television from 1904 to 2001. They cover such films as Excalibur (1981) and Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), television productions such as The Mists of Avalon (2001), and French and German films about the quest for the Holy Grail and the other adventures of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.

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Cinema Arthuriana: Twenty Essays, rev. ed.

Cinema Arthuriana: Twenty Essays, rev. ed.

Cinema Arthuriana: Twenty Essays, rev. ed.

Cinema Arthuriana: Twenty Essays, rev. ed.

Overview

The legends of King Arthur have not only endured for centuries, but also flourished in constant retellings and new stories built around the central themes. With the coming of motion pictures, Arthur was destined to hit the screen.

This edition of Cinema Arthuriana, revised in 2002, presents 20 essays on the topic of the recurring presence of the legend in film and television from 1904 to 2001. They cover such films as Excalibur (1981) and Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), television productions such as The Mists of Avalon (2001), and French and German films about the quest for the Holy Grail and the other adventures of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780786446834
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date: 02/12/2010
Series: Notable Figures/Arthur, King of the Britons
Edition description: Revised
Pages: 317
Product dimensions: 6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Kevin J. Harty, professor and formerly chair of English and coordinator of the Undergraduate General Education Core at La Salle University in Philadelphia, is associate editor of Arthuriana, the official journal of the North American Branch of the International Arthurian Society (of which he is the former president). He has previously written or edited 14 books, including ground-breaking studies of depictions of the Middle Ages on film.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface    
The Contributors     

1 Cinema Arthuriana: An Overview    
2 Mythopoeia in Excalibur    
3 Fire, Water, Rock: Elements of Setting in Excalibur and Merlin   
4 Morgan and the Problem of Incest    
5 An Enemy in Our Midst: The Black Knight and the American Dream   
6 Tortilla Flat and the Arthurian View    
7 The Retreat from Camelot: Adapting The Natural to Film    
8 Cinematic American Camelots Lost and Found: The Film Versions of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court and Knightriders    
9 The Ironic Tradition in Four Arthurian Films    
10 Two Films That Sparkle: The Sword in the Stone and Camelot   
11 Monty Python and the Holy Grail: Madness with a Definite Method    
12 Not Dead Yet: Monty Python and the Holy Grail in the Twenty-first Century
13 The Arthurian Legend in French Cinema: Lancelot du Lac and Perceval le Gallois    
14 From Stage to Screen: The Dramatic Compulsion in French Cinema and Les Chevaliers de la table ronde (1990)    
15 Blank, Syberberg, and the German Arthurian Tradition    
16 Gawain on Film (The Remake)    
17 Will the “Reel” Mordred Please Stand Up?    
18 Filming the Tristan Myth    
19 Fable and Poésie in L'Éternel Retour (1943)    
20 Arms and Armor in Arthurian Films    
21 Cinema Arthuriana: A Comprehensive Filmography and Bibliography    
Index     
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