Movie medievalism : the imaginary Middle Ages / Nickolas Haydock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haydock, Nickolas.

Contributor:

Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Middle Ages in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

ix, 234 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2008]

Summary:

"The work introduces rapidly burgeoning field of medieval film studies; explores how a vast array of films contributes to the modern vision of life in the Middle Ages; is concerned with how time itself functions in cinematic representations of the medieval; and offers detailed considerations of specific examples of representations of medievalism in recent films"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The medieval imaginary

Time machines

The waywardness of cinematic pastiche in First knight and A knight's tale

Shooting the messenger : Luc Besson at war with Joan of Arc

Theaters of war : paracinematic returns to the Kingdom of heaven

Digital divagations in a hyperreal Camelot : Antoine Fuqua's King Arthur

Postmedieval paranoia : the new Middle Ages of Night watch and The Da Vinci code.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-228) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780786434435

0786434430

OCLC:

191866015