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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Rebecca A Umland; Samuel J Umland |
| ISBN: | 0313297983 9780313297984 |
| OCLC Number: | 34473909 |
| Description: | xiv, 205 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. The mythopoeic nature of the Arthurian legend and its methods of transmission -- 2. The Arthurian Legend as Intertextual Collage: The "Connecticut Yankee" films -- A Connecticut Yankee (1931) -- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, (1949) -- Unidentified Flying Oddball (1979) -- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1989) -- A Kid in King Arthur's Court (1995) -- Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) -- 3. The Arthurian Legend as Hollywood Melodrama: Knights of the Round Table (1954) -- Sword of Lancelot (1963) -- Camelot (1967) -- First Knight (1995) 4. The Arthurian Legend as Forms of Propaganda: The Black Knight (1954) -- Siege of the Saxons (1963) -- The Sword in the Stone (1963) -- 5. The Arthurian Legend as Hollywood Epic: Excalibur (1981) -- 6. The Arthurian Legend as Postmodern Quest: Knightriders (1981) -- The Natural (1984) -- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) -- The Fisher King (1991). |
| Series Title: | Contributions to the study of popular culture, no. 57 |
| Responsibility: | Rebecca A. Umland and Samuel J. Umland. |
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