This collection of eleven essays details more than 75 films, from Edwin Porter's 1904 Parsifal to the animated Quest for Camelot in 1998. A variety of critical perspectives are provided. The medieval and modern worlds collide in The Fisher King and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade; issues of femininity and depictions of Morgan Le Fay are analyzed in the 1931 Connecticut Yankee and in Excalibur; concerns of masculinity are examined in First Knight and Dragonheart. A comprehensive filmography, selective bibliography and over 40 film stills complete this critical appreciation of the rich and varied cinematic tradition of Arthur.
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Kevin J. Harty is professor of English at La Salle University in Philadelphia and associate editor of Arthuriana, the official journal for the North American Branch of the International Arthurian Society. He is the author of The Reel Middle Ages: American, Western and Eastern European, Middle Eastern and Asian Films About Medieval Europe (1999).
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This review is from: King Arthur on Film: New Essays on Arthurian Cinema (Library Binding)
Kevin Harty's 'King Arthur on Film' is the best book available on the subject. This book updates information originally presented in Harty's 'Cinema Arthuriana' in addition to a series of essays original to this volume. The articles included in this collection focus on Connecticut Yankee films; Arthurian cartoons; and Merlin, Morgan le Fay, Tristan, and the Grail in Arthurian film.
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