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Author:   Laurie A. Finke (Professor, Kenyon College) ,  Martin B. Shichtman (Director, Eastern Michigan University)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.771kg
ISBN:  

9780801893445

ISBN 10:   0801893445
Pages:   464
Publication Date:   01 February 2010
Recommended Age:   From 13
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

List of Figures Acknowledgments Part 1: Theory and Methods of Cinematic Medievalism 1. Traversing the Fantasy: Screening the Middle Ages 2. Signs of the Medieval: A Sociological Stylistics of Film 3. Celluloid History: Cinematic Fidelity and Infidelity Part 2: The Politics of Cinematic Medievalism 4. Mirror of Princes: Representations of Political Authority in Medieval Films 5. The Politics of Hagiography: Joan of Arc on the Screen 6. The Hagiography of Politics: Mourning in America 7. The Crusades: War of the Cross or God's Own Bloodbath? Part 3: Cinematic Medievalism and the Anxieties of Modernity 8. Looking Awry at the Grail: Mourning Becomes Modernity 9. Apocalyptic Medievalism: Rape and Disease as Figures of Social Anomie 10. Forever Young: The Teen Middle Ages Notes Bibliography Index

Reviews

The authors' nuanced and detailed analysis of an amazing diversity of medieval films... in their political and cultural contexts artfully supports their assertion that medieval films offer us 'a different way of thinking about the past as well as the present.' - Susan Aronstein, author of Hollywood Knights: Arthurian Cinema and the Politics of Nostalgia

Author Information

Author Website:   http://www.emich.edu/english/details.php?dep=English&ID=93

Laurie A. Finke is a professor of women's and gender studies at Kenyon College. Martin B. Shichtman is a professor of English language and literature at Eastern Michigan University. Professors Finke and Shichtman have collaborated on numerous publications, including King Arthur and the Myth of History and Medieval Texts and Contemporary Readers.

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Author Website:   http://www.emich.edu/english/details.php?dep=English&ID=93

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