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Cinema Arthuriana
Twenty Essays, rev. ed.
Edited by Kevin J. Harty

ISBN 978-0-7864-4683-4
50 photos, notes, filmography, bibliography, index
317pp. softcover (7 x 10) 2010 [2002]

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Description
The legends of King Arthur have not only endured for centuries, but also flourished in constant retellings and new stories built around the central themes. With the coming of motion pictures, Arthur was destined to hit the screen.

This edition of Cinema Arthuriana, revised in 2002, presents 20 essays on the topic of the recurring presence of the legend in film and television from 1904 to 2001. They cover such films as Excalibur (1981) and Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), television productions such as The Mists of Avalon (2001), and French and German films about the quest for the Holy Grail and the other adventures of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.

About the Author
Kevin J. Harty is professor and chair of English at La Salle University in Philadelphia and associate editor of Arthuriana, the official journal of the North American Branch of the International Arthurian Society, of which he is the vice president. He is the author or editor of eleven books on film and medieval studies.

Reviews

“An essential and classic resource in the study of Arthurian film”—Arthuriana

“A useful volume that might readily serve as a textbook...Kevin J. Harty, the originator of the term ‘cinema arthuriana,’ is an expert bibliographer and surveyor of the field”—Parergon.