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The Use of Arthurian Legend in Hollywood Film: From Connecticut Yankees to Fisher Kings Hardcover - 1996

by Rebecca a. Umland; Samuel J. Umland


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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.

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  • Title The Use of Arthurian Legend in Hollywood Film: From Connecticut Yankees to Fisher Kings
  • Author Rebecca a. Umland; Samuel J. Umland
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Date 1996-10-21
  • ISBN 9780313297984 / 0313297983
  • Weight 1.19 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.56 x 6.42 x 0.83 in (24.28 x 16.31 x 2.11 cm)
  • Reading level 1490
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Library of Congress subjects Arthurian romances in motion pictures
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96005835
  • Dewey Decimal Code 791

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REBECCA A. UMLAND is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. She holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Iowa and has published widely on Arthurian literature. SAMUEL J. UMLAND is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. He has published articles on the teaching of literature, film, and film theory. He is editor of Philip K. Dick: Contemporary Critical Interpretations (Greenwood, 1995).

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