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The Use of Arthurian Legend in Hollywood Film From Connecticut Yankees to Fisher Kings
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Rebecca A. Umland, Samuel J. Umland
Book Code: GM9798
ISBN: 0-313-29798-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-29798-4
224 pages, filmography,
Greenwood Press
Publication: 10/30/1996
List Price: $110.95 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)
Availability: Out of stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
Series Title: Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture
Series Number: 57
Reviews:
  • Often, critical comments on how Hollywood has used a literary source are delivered in a patronizing voice harping on 'unfaithfulness' to the text. And rarely does a book that comments on a number of Hollywood productions demonstrate scholarly literary anlysis. Rebecca Umland and Samuel Umland are critics who judge a film impartially, considering the intentions of its makers, and who bring to bear extensive scholarship on the Arthurian legend...A valuable addition to any college library in the world.
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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:
  • Preface
  • 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
LC Card Number: 96-5835
LCC Class: PN1995
Dewey Class: 791
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