Movie medievalism : the imaginary Middle Ages / Nickolas Haydock.

Author/Creator:

Haydock, Nickolas.

Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2008.

Format/Description:

Book
ix, 234 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects:

Middle Ages in motion pictures.

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 (p. [221]-228) and index.

Local notes:

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

Contributor:

Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780786434435 (softcover : alk. paper)
0786434430 (softcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

191866015

Web link:

The Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund Home Page

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