Includes bibliographical references, filmography, and index.
Contents:
Historicity and authenticity in medieval film / Martha W. Driver -- Heroism and alienation through language in The lord of the rings / David Salo -- Authenticating realism in medieval film / William F. Woods -- Shirley Temple and the Guys and dolls of the round table / Kevin J. Harty -- Boys to men : medievalism and masculinity in Star wars and E.T., the extra-terrestrial / Tom Henthorne -- Girls on film : medieval virginity in the cinema / Anke Bernau -- Chivalric virtues in female form : Crouching tiger, hidden dragon's Wudan warrior princess as medieval hero / Diana E. Slampyak -- Not your typical knight : the emerging on-screen defender / Susan Butvin Sainato -- The hagiography of steel : the hero's weapon and its place in pop culture / Carl James Grindley -- The way of the wizard : reflections of Merlin on film / Michael A. Torregrossa -- Hard day's knights : First knight, A knight's tale, and Black knight / Caroline Jewers -- Oh, what a lovely war! Joan of Arc on screen / Edward Benson -- The hero in the classroom / John M. Ganim.
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