Use Of Arthurian Legend In Hollywood Film, Vol. 57
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...
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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. Booknews Six essays explore how the Matter of Britain lives on in celluloid, especially focusing on uses that are not nor intend to be faithful representations of written versions, but draw on the audience's vague knowledge of the legend's features to pursue some other purpose. They discuss Arthurian legend as intertextual collage, Hollywood melodrama, propaganda, Hollywood epic, and postmodern quest. Includes a few stills. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgments1The Mythopoeic Nature of the Arthurian Legend and Its Methods of Transmission12The Arthurian Legend as Intertextual Collage213The Arthurian Legend as Hollywood Melodrama734The Arthurian Legend as Forms of Propaganda1055The Arthurian Legend as Hollywood Epic1296The Arthurian Legend as Postmodern Quest153Filmography187Bibliography193Index199
\ BooknewsSix essays explore how the Matter of Britain lives on in celluloid, especially focusing on uses that are not nor intend to be faithful representations of written versions, but draw on the audience's vague knowledge of the legend's features to pursue some other purpose. They discuss Arthurian legend as intertextual collage, Hollywood melodrama, propaganda, Hollywood epic, and postmodern quest. Includes a few stills. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.\ \
