The Use of Arthurian Legend in Hollywood Film: From Connecticut Yankees to Fisher Kings

by Samuel J. Umland and Rebecca A. Umland

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313297983
• ISBN13: 9780313297984
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.6"