Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-228) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: The a-chronology of medieval film / Bettina Bildhauer and Anke Bernau -- Cinematic authenticity - effects and medieval art: a paradox / Sarah Salih -- Forward into the past: film theory's foundation in medievalism / Bettina Bildhauer -- A time of translation: linguistic difference and cinematic medievalism / Carol O'Sullivan -- 'Poison to the infant, but tonic to the man': timing The birth of a nation / Anke Bernau -- The medieval imaginary in Italian films / Marcia Landy -- Toward a theory of medieval film music / Alison Tara Walker -- Border skirmishes: weaving around the Bayeux Tapestry and cinema in Robin Hood: prince of thieves and El Cid / Richard Burt -- Medieval noir: anatomy of a metaphor / John M. Ganim -- 'Medievalism,' the period film and the British past in contemporary cinema / Andrew Higson -- Further reading / Bettina Bildhauer.
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