Cinema Arthuriana

Twenty Essays, rev. ed.

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Edited by Kevin J. Harty

Type

Studies

Subject

Genre > Historical films

Keywords

medieval, adaptation

Publishing date

2010

Publisher

McFarland & Co

1st publishing

2005

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 317 pages
7 x 10 inches (18 x 25.5 cm)

ISBN

978-0-7864-4683-4

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Book Presentation:
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.

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.

Press Reviews:
"An essential and classic resource in the study of Arthurian film"—Arthuriana; "a useful volume that might readily serve as a textbook…Kevin J. Harty, the originator of the term ‘cinema arthuriana,’ is an expert bibliographer and surveyor of the field"—Parergon

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