Cinematic Illuminations: The Middle Ages on Film
- Author / Editor
- Finke, Laurie A., and Martin B. Schichtman.
Cinematic Illuminations: The Middle Ages on Film
- Published
- Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.
- Physical Description
- xi, 445 pp. 20 b&w illus.
- Description
- The authors survey a range of popular and artistic films, analyzing uses and presentations of the Middle Ages and assessing the interactions of the modern medium and the ancient material. The book includes commentary on Brian Helgeland's A Knight's Tale, its depiction of Chaucer, and the role of theatricality in the film and in Chaucer's society.
- Contributor
- Schichtman, Martin B.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Recordings and Films.
- Background and General Criticism