Remaking the Middle Ages

Elliott, Andrew B. R.

Remaking the Middle Ages the methods of cinema and history in portraying the medieval world / [electronic resource] : Andrew B.R. Elliott. - Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, c2011. - x, 275 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. Problems -- pt. 2. People -- pt. 3. Worlds.

"Proposing a fresh theoretical approach to the study of cinematic portrayals of the Middle Ages, this book uses semiotics and historiography to demonstrate how contemporary filmmakers have attempted to recreate the past in a way that, while largely imagined, is also logical, meaningful, and as truthful as possible"--Provided by publisher.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
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Middle Ages in motion pictures.
Historical films--History and criticism.


Electronic books.

PN1995.9.M52 / E44 2011eb

791.43/65840902