Cinematic Illuminations: The Middle Ages on Film

Author / Editor
Finke, Laurie A., and Martin B. Schichtman.

Title
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