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1 online resource |
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Introduction: television medievalisms / Meriem Pagès and Karolyn Kinane) -- Personal and political desires. The most dangerous sport in history is about to be reborn: medievalism and violence in full metal jousting / Angela Jane Weisl -- Joan of Arcadia: a modern maiden on trial / Stephanie I. Coker -- William Webbe's wench: Henry VIII, history and popular culture / Shannon McSheffrey -- Nature and adventure in Die Jagd nach dem schatz der nibelungen / Evan Torner -- Narrative and genre. Episodic Arthur: Merlin, Camelot and the visual modernization of the medieval literary romance tradition / Melissa Ridley Elmes -- Are you kidding? King Arthur and the knights of justice / Sandy Feinstein -- Gender and sexuality. Television's male gaze: the male perspective in TNT's Mists of Avalon / Michael W. George -- Gendering morals, magic and medievalism in the BBC's Merlin / Elysse T. Meredith -- Arthur and Guenièvre: the royal couple of Kaamelott / Tara Foster -- Homosexuality in television medievalism / Torben R. Gebhardt |
| Summary |
The 21st century has seen a resurgence of popular interest in the Middle Ages. Television in particular has presented a wide and diverse array of "medieval" offerings. Yet there exists little scholarship on television medievalism. This collection fills the gap with 10 new essays focusing on the depiction of the Middle Ages in popular culture and questioning the role of television in shaping our ideas about past and present. The contributors emphasize the need for scholars of medievalism to pay attention to its manifestations on the small screen. The essays cover quite a range of topics, including genre, gender and sexuality. The series covered are Game of Thrones, Merlin, Full Metal Jousting, Joan of Arcadia, Tudors, Camelot and Mists of Avalon |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Middle Ages on television.
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Medievalism on television.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
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Medievalism on television
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Middle Ages on television
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Pagès, Meriem, editor
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Kinane, Karolyn
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| ISBN |
9781476620091 |
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1476620091 |
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