Filming the Seven Deadly Sins--Chaucer, Hollywood and the Postmodern Middle Ages
- Author / Editor
- Johnston, Andrew James.
Filming the Seven Deadly Sins--Chaucer, Hollywood and the Postmodern Middle Ages
- Published
- Thomas Honegger, ed. Riddles, Knights and Cross-dressing Saints: Essays on Medieval English Language and Literature (Bern: Lang, 2004), pp. 1-32.
- Description
- Johnston compares uses of medieval details, anachronisms, and hermeneutic concerns in two films (Brian Helgeland's "A Knight's Tale" and David Fincher's "Seven") and Umberto Eco's novel, "The Name of the Rose." Includes attention to Chaucer references and allusions.
- Alternative Title
- Riddles, Knights and Cross-dressing Saints: Essays on Medieval English Language and Literature.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion.
- Recordings and Films.