Movie Medievalism: The Imaginary Middle Ages
- ISBN-10
- 0786434430
- ISBN-13
- 9780786434435
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 234
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- McFarland Publishing
- Author
- Nickolas Haydock
Description
"The work introduces rapidly burgeoning field of medieval film studies; explores how a vast array of films contributes to the modern vision of life in the Middle Ages; is concerned with how time itself functions in cinematic representations of the medieval; and offers detailed considerations of specific examples of representations of medievalism in recent films"--Provided by publisher.
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