| Description |
viii, 268 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / Jonathan Rosenbaum -- Preface : Hollywood knights / Martha W. Driver and Sid Ray -- Pt. I. What's accuracy got to do with it? : historicity and authenticity in medieval film / Martha W. Driver -- Heroism and alienation through language in The lord of the rings / David Salo -- Authenticating realism in medieval film / William F. Woods -- Pt. II. Kid crusaders : heroic children on film / Martha W. Driver -- Shirley Temple and the guys and dolls of the round table / Kevin J. Harty -- Boys to men : medievalism and masculinity in Star wars and E.T. : the extra-terrestrial / Tom Henthorne -- Pt. III. Iron maidens : medieval female heroes on film / Martha W. Driver -- Girls on film : medieval virginity in the cinema / Anke Bernau -- Chivalric virtues in female form : Crouching tiger, hidden dragon's Wudan warrior princess as medieval hero / Diana E. Slampyak -- Not your typical knight : the emerging on-screen defender / Susan Burvin Sainato |
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Pt. IV. Time bandits : contemporary appropriations / Sid Ray -- The hagiography of steel : the hero's weapon and its place in pop culture |
| Summary |
"Few figures have captured Hollywood's and the public's imagination as completely as have medieval heroes. Cast as chivalric knight, warrior princess, "alpha male in tights," or an amalgamation, and as likely to appear in Hong Kong action flicks and spaghetti westerns as films set in the Middle Ages, the medieval hero on film serves many purposes." "This collection of essays about the medieval hero on screen, contributed by scholars from a variety of disciplines, draws upon a wide range of movies and medieval texts. The essays are grouped into five sections, each with an introduction by the editors: an exploration of historic authenticity; heroic children and the lessons they convey to young viewers; medieval female heroes; the place of the hero's weapon in pop culture; and teaching the medieval movie in the classroom. Thirty-two film stills illustrate the work, and each essay includes notes, a filmography, and a bibliography. There is a foreword by Jonathan Rosenbaum, and an index is included."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Heroes in motion pictures.
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Middle Ages in motion pictures.
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Literature, Medieval -- History and criticism.
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| Author |
Driver, Martha W.
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Ray, Sid, 1966-
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| LC no. |
2004014708 |
| ISBN |
0786419261 softcover alkaline paper |
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