This collection of essays analyzes film representations of the Crusades, other medieval East/West encounters, and the modern inheritance of encounters between orientalist fantasy and apocalyptic conspiracy. From studies of the filmic representations of popular figures such as El Cid, Roland, Richard I, and Saladin to examinations of such topics as Templar romance and the role of set design, location and landscape, the essays make significant contributions to our understanding of orientalist medievalism in film. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.…mehr
This collection of essays analyzes film representations of the Crusades, other medieval East/West encounters, and the modern inheritance of encounters between orientalist fantasy and apocalyptic conspiracy. From studies of the filmic representations of popular figures such as El Cid, Roland, Richard I, and Saladin to examinations of such topics as Templar romance and the role of set design, location and landscape, the essays make significant contributions to our understanding of orientalist medievalism in film. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Nickolas Haydock is professor of English at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez. In addition to movie medievalism and film, he also writes about medieval Scots literature. E.L. Risden, emeritus professor of English at St. Norbert College, lives in De Pere, Wisconsin, where he continues to write literary and movie scholarship, speculative fiction, and occasional poetry.
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Table of Contents Introduction: "The Unseen Cross Upon the Breast:" Medievalism, Orientalism, and Discontent NICKOLAS HAYDOCK 1. Framing the West, Staging the East: Set Design, Location, and Landscape in Cinematic Medievalism JOHN M. GANIM 2. Homeland Security: Northern Crusades through the East-European Eyes of Alexander Nevsky and the Nevsky Tradition NICKOLAS HAYDOCK 3. Now Starring in the Third Crusade: Depictions of Richard I and Saladin in Films and Television Series LORRAINE KOCHANSKE STOCK 4. SaladiNasser: Nasser's Political Crusade in El Naser Salah Ad-Din PAUL B. STURTEVANT 5. "La geste que Turoldus declinet": History and Authorship in Frank Cassenti's Chanson de Roland LYNN RAMEY 6. Agenda Layered Upon Agenda: Anthony Mann's 1961 Film El Cid KEVIN J. HARTY 7. El Cid: Defeat of the Cresentade TOM SHIPPEY 8. Nobody but the Other Buddy: Hollywood, the Crusades, and Buddy Pictures E. L. RISDEN 9. Medieval Times: Bodily Temporalities in The Thief of Bagdad (1924), The Thief of Bagdad (1940), and Aladdin (1992) KATHLEEN COYNE KELLY 10. Chivalric Conspiracies: Templar Romance and the Redemption of History in National Treasure and The Da Vinci Code SUSAN ARONSTEIN and ROBERT TORRY 11. On the Border: Merging East and West in Cadfael's Twelfth-Century Shropshire WILLIAM F. HODAPP 12. Movie Millenarianism: Left Behind, Script/ure and the Sleeping Dragon CHRISTOPHER POWERS Epilogue: Resisting Manichean Delirium E. L. RISDEN About the Contributors Index
Table of Contents Introduction: "The Unseen Cross Upon the Breast:" Medievalism, Orientalism, and Discontent NICKOLAS HAYDOCK 1. Framing the West, Staging the East: Set Design, Location, and Landscape in Cinematic Medievalism JOHN M. GANIM 2. Homeland Security: Northern Crusades through the East-European Eyes of Alexander Nevsky and the Nevsky Tradition NICKOLAS HAYDOCK 3. Now Starring in the Third Crusade: Depictions of Richard I and Saladin in Films and Television Series LORRAINE KOCHANSKE STOCK 4. SaladiNasser: Nasser's Political Crusade in El Naser Salah Ad-Din PAUL B. STURTEVANT 5. "La geste que Turoldus declinet": History and Authorship in Frank Cassenti's Chanson de Roland LYNN RAMEY 6. Agenda Layered Upon Agenda: Anthony Mann's 1961 Film El Cid KEVIN J. HARTY 7. El Cid: Defeat of the Cresentade TOM SHIPPEY 8. Nobody but the Other Buddy: Hollywood, the Crusades, and Buddy Pictures E. L. RISDEN 9. Medieval Times: Bodily Temporalities in The Thief of Bagdad (1924), The Thief of Bagdad (1940), and Aladdin (1992) KATHLEEN COYNE KELLY 10. Chivalric Conspiracies: Templar Romance and the Redemption of History in National Treasure and The Da Vinci Code SUSAN ARONSTEIN and ROBERT TORRY 11. On the Border: Merging East and West in Cadfael's Twelfth-Century Shropshire WILLIAM F. HODAPP 12. Movie Millenarianism: Left Behind, Script/ure and the Sleeping Dragon CHRISTOPHER POWERS Epilogue: Resisting Manichean Delirium E. L. RISDEN About the Contributors Index
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