The Use of Arthurian Legend in Hollywood Film
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The Use of Arthurian Legend in Hollywood Film

From Connecticut Yankees to Fisher Kings

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Use of Arthurian Legend in Hollywood Film

From Connecticut Yankees to Fisher Kings

About this book

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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Yes, you can access The Use of Arthurian Legend in Hollywood Film by Samuel J. Umland,Rebecca A. Umland in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Media & Performing Arts & Film & Video. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Praeger
Year
1996
Print ISBN
9780313297984
eBook ISBN
9780313031694
Edition
1
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Film & Video

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Illustrations
  3. Preface
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. 1. The Mythopoeic Nature of the Arthurian Legend and Its Methods of Transmission
  6. 2. The Arthurian Legend as Intertextual Collage
  7. 3. The Arthurian Legend as Hollywood Melodrama
  8. 4. The Arthurian Legend as Forms of Propaganda
  9. 5. The Arthurian Legend as Hollywood Epic
  10. 6. The Arthurian Legend as Postmodern Quest
  11. Filmography
  12. Bibliography
  13. Index