Hollywood in the Holy Land

Essays on Film Depictions of the Crusades and Christian-Muslim Clashes

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Edited by Nickolas Haydock and E.L. Risden

Type: Studies
Subject: Genre > Historical films
Keywords: historical films, medieval, religion
Publishing date: 2009
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Language: English

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Paperback • 319 pages
6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm)

ISBN

978-0-7864-4156-3

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Book Presentation:
This collection of essays analyzes film representations of the Crusades, other medieval East/West encounters, and the modern inheritance of encounters between orientalist fantasy and apocalyptic conspiracy. From studies of the filmic representations of popular figures such as El Cid, Roland, Richard I, and Saladin to examinations of such topics as Templar romance and the role of set design, location and landscape, the essays make significant contributions to our understanding of orientalist medievalism in film.

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About the authors:
Nickolas Haydock is professor of English at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez. In addition to movie medievalism and film, he also writes about medieval Scots literature.
E.L. Risden, emeritus professor of English at St. Norbert College, lives in De Pere, Wisconsin, where he continues to write literary and movie scholarship, speculative fiction, and occasional poetry.

Press Reviews:
"Timely and important…intense examinations…impressive essays"—Arthuriana

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