Medieval Film

Informationen zum Autor Dr Anke Bernau is Lecturer in Medieval Literature and Culture at the University of Manchester Dr Bettina Bildhauer is Lecturer in German at the University of St. Andrews Klappentext An interdisciplinary study of 'medieval film' and its cultural functions Zusammenfassung An interdisciplinary study of 'medieval film' and its cultural functions -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figuresList of contributors Acknowledgments The a-chronology of medieval film (Bettina Bildhauer and Anke Bernau) 1. Cinematic authenticity-effects and medieval art: a paradox (Sarah Salih) 2. Forward into the past: film as a medieval medium (Bettina Bildhauer) 3. A time of translation: linguistic difference and cinematic medievalism (Carol O'Sullivan) 4. 'Poison to the infant, but tonic to the man': timing The Birth of a Nation (Anke Bernau) 5. The medieval imaginary in Italian films (Marcia Landy) 6. Towards a theory of medieval film music (Alison Tara Walker) 7. Border skirmishes: weaving around the Bayeux Tapestry and cinema in Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves and El Cid (Richard Burt) 8. Medieval noir: anatomy of a metaphor (John Ganim) 9. 'Medievalism', the period film and the British past in contemporary cinema (Andrew Higson) Further reading

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• Authors: Anke Bildhauer Bernau
• Assisted by: Anke Bernau (Editor), Bernau Anke (Editor), Bettina Bildhauer (Editor), Bildhauer Bettina (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.01.2012
• EAN: 9780719086472
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-8647-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; History, HISTORY / General, Films, cinema, Medieval History, c 1000 CE to c 1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, Film: styles and genres