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Title:

The medieval hero on screen : representations from Beowulf to Buffy / edited by Martha W. Driver and Sid Ray ; with a foreword by Jonathan Rosenbaum.

Publisher:

McFarland,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

viii, 268 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Heroes in motion pictures.
Middle Ages in motion pictures.
Literature, Medieval--History and criticism.
Helden (personen)
Films.
Representatie (algemeen)

Other Authors:

Driver, Martha W.
Ray, Sid, 1966-

Notes:

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.

ISBN:

9780786419265 (softcover : alk. paper)
0786419261 (softcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)55738214

LCCN:

2004014708

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)