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The Use of Arthurian Legend in Hollywood Film

The Use of Arthurian Legend in Hollywood Film PDF Author: Samuel J. Umland
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 031303169X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 224

Book 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.
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