This is the first book to examine the various uses of the Arthurian legend in Hollywood film, covering films from the 1920s to the present. The authors use five representational categories: intertextual collage (or cult film); melodrama, which focuses on the love triangle; conservative propaganda, pervasive during the Cold War; the Hollywood epic; and the postmodern quest, which commonly employs the grail portion of the legend. Arguing that filmmakers rely on the audience's rudimentary familiarity with the legend, the ...
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This is the first book to examine the various uses of the Arthurian legend in Hollywood film, covering films from the 1920s to the present. The authors use five representational categories: intertextual collage (or cult film); melodrama, which focuses on the love triangle; conservative propaganda, pervasive during the Cold War; the Hollywood epic; and the postmodern quest, which commonly employs the grail portion of the legend. Arguing that filmmakers rely on the audience's rudimentary familiarity with the legend, the authors show that only certain features of the legend are activated at any particular time. This fascinating study shows us how the legend has been adapted and how through the popular medium of Hollywood films, the Arthurian legend has survived and flourished.
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Fine. Unused, some outer pages have minor shelf wear, book content is in like new condition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 224 p. Bibliographies and Indexes in American History, 57.
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Very Good Condition. Review copy w/ slip. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Film, Radio & Television; ISBN: 0313297983. ISBN/EAN: 9780313297984. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 13564.
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New. Not Issued with Dust Jackets. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 205 pages, illustrated in b&w. "Hoving chosen to organize our discussion around generic categories, we begin each chapter by identifying the formal qualities and demands of the genre, occasionally adding historical information as well. We then examine chronomogically the films we have placed in the generic category, for earlier efforts indeed infrom our understanding of later ones." FINE HARDCOVER.
