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The Use of Arthurian Legend in Hollywood Film
From Connecticut Yankees to Fisher Kings
The Use of Arthurian Legend in Hollywood Film
From Connecticut Yankees to Fisher Kings
Description
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.
Table of Contents
The Mythopoeic Nature of the Arthurian Legend and Its Methods of Transmission
The Arthurian Legend as Intertextual Collage
The Arthurian Legend as 1950s Hollywood Melodrama
The Arthurian Legend as Forms of Propaganda
The Arthurian Legend as Hollywood Epic: John Boorman's Excalibur
The Arthurian Legend as Postmodern Quest
Filmography
Bibliography
Index
Product details
| Published | 21 Oct 1996 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 224 |
| ISBN | 9780313031694 |
| Imprint | Praeger |
| Series | Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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