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Essays on the post-modern reception and interpretation of the
Middle Ages, This volume continues the theme of its predecessor,
addressing how the Middle Ages have been invoked to score political
points, particularly with reference to the rise of populism fueled
by recent recessions and a pandemic. The nine essays in the first
portion of the volume directly address political medievalism in
Tariq Ali's 2005 novel on Mideast instability, A Sultan in Palermo;
attempts by twentieth-century Czech politicians to anchor their
causes in the fifteenth-century Czech hero Petr Chelcicky;
far-right deployment of Robin Hood memes to slander Hillary Rodham
Clinton and Barack Obama; the ways Rory Mullarkey's 2017 play Saint
George and the Dragon comments onEnglish national identity relative
to Brexit; how national stereotypes have come into play amid
cross-channel reporting on Brexit; nationalism in the medievalizing
German monument to their fallen at the 1942 Battle of El
Alamein;the English-speaking world's reception of Anthony Munday's
1589 book on conduct, Palmendos; nationalism in the
self-characterization of two contemporary British Pagan movements;
and how various communities in the television series Game of
Thrones comment on medieval and/or contemporary nations. Nor are
politics entirely absent from the final four articles in the
volume, as they examine attempts to promote such particular agendas
as toxic masculinity in Game of Thrones; misogyno-feminism there
and in the George R.R. Martin book series on which the television
program is based, A Song of Ice and Fire; the potential for
audience self-realization amid the tension between the individual
and the collective in The Mere Wife, Maria Dahvana Headley's 2018
adaptation of Beowulf; and ideal individual and collective behavior
as modeled in the Ringling Brothers' 1912-13 spectacles about Joan
of Arc.
The Road to Wicked examines the long life of the Oz myth. It is
both a study in cultural sustainability- the capacity of artists,
narratives, art forms, and genres to remain viable over time-and an
examination of the marketing machinery and consumption patterns
that make such sustainability possible. Drawing on the fields of
macromarketing, consumer behavior, literary and cultural studies,
and theories of adaption and remediation, the authors examine key
adaptations and extensions of Baum's 1900 novel. These include the
original Oz craze, the MGM film and its television afterlife,
Wicked and its extensions, and Oz the Great and Powerful-Disney's
recent (and highly lucrative) venture that builds on the
considerable success of Wicked. At the end of the book, the authors
offer a foundational framework for a new theory of cultural
sustainability and propose a set of explanatory conditions under
which any artistic experience might achieve it.
The Road to Wicked examines the long life of the Oz myth. It is
both a study in cultural sustainability- the capacity of artists,
narratives, art forms, and genres to remain viable over time-and an
examination of the marketing machinery and consumption patterns
that make such sustainability possible. Drawing on the fields of
macromarketing, consumer behavior, literary and cultural studies,
and theories of adaption and remediation, the authors examine key
adaptations and extensions of Baum's 1900 novel. These include the
original Oz craze, the MGM film and its television afterlife,
Wicked and its extensions, and Oz the Great and Powerful-Disney's
recent (and highly lucrative) venture that builds on the
considerable success of Wicked. At the end of the book, the authors
offer a foundational framework for a new theory of cultural
sustainability and propose a set of explanatory conditions under
which any artistic experience might achieve it.
Whether on the big screen or small, films featuring the American
Civil War are among the most classic and controversial in motion
picture history. From D. W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation (1915) to
Free State of Jones (2016), the war has provided the setting,
ideologies, and character archetypes for cinematic narratives of
morality, race, gender, and nation, as well as serving as
historical education for a century of Americans. In The American
Civil War on Film and TV: Blue and Gray in Black and White and
Color, Douglas Brode, Shea T. Brode, and Cynthia J. Miller bring
together nineteen essays by a diverse array of scholars across the
disciplines to explore these issues. The essays included here span
a wide range of films, from the silent era to the present day,
including Buster Keaton's The General (1926), Red Badge of Courage
(1951), Glory (1989), Gettysburg (1993), and Cold Mountain (2003),
as well as television mini-series The Blue and The Gray (1982) and
John Jakes' acclaimed North and South trilogy (1985-86). As an
accessible volume to dedicated to a critical conversation about the
Civil War on film, The American Civil War on Film and TV will
appeal to not only to scholars of film, military history, American
history, and cultural history, but to fans of war films and period
films, as well.
"Whether discussing how the figure of Arthur was appropriated by
Welsh lords to justify acts of rebellions or by English kings to
support a centralized monarchy, Aronstein subtly and intelligently
recognizes complex interrelationships between history and
art."--Martin Shichtman, Eastern Michigan University "A must-have
for all those interested in King Arthur--from the amateur
enthusiast to the established scholar."--Dorsey Armstrong, Purdue
University The legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round
Table permeate our culture: we find them in novels, movie parodies,
and even the American government. Yet beneath and before it all
lies a deep literary tradition that has influenced history, art,
and culture over the centuries. Examining the legend at its very
source, "An Introduction to British Arthurian Narrative" covers
over 400 years and discusses a broad range of romances, histories,
and parodies written about King Arthur in Britain during the
medieval period. The modern Anglo-American version of the Arthurian
tale stems from Sir Thomas Malory's fifteenth-century compendium
"Le Morte D'Arthur," which was written at the end of the tale's
first period of widespread popularity, which began in the early
twelfth century. Susan Aronstein demonstrates that, as Arthur's
transformation from a "leader of battles" in early histories, to a
powerful chieftain in Welsh tales, and, finally, into England's
"once and future king," at every point, these tales reflected the
ongoing contest for sovereignty over the island of Britain--and the
very definition of "British." Susan Aronstein, professor of English
at the University of Wyoming, is the author of "Hollywood Knights:
Arthurian Cinema and the Politics of Nostalgia" as well as numerous
articles on medieval and modern Arthurian narratives.
Whether on the big screen or small, films featuring the American
Civil War are among the most classic and controversial in motion
picture history. From D. W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation (1915) to
Free State of Jones (2016), the war has provided the setting,
ideologies, and character archetypes for cinematic narratives of
morality, race, gender, and nation, as well as serving as
historical education for a century of Americans. In The American
Civil War on Film and TV: Blue and Gray in Black and White and
Color, Douglas Brode, Shea T. Brode, and Cynthia J. Miller bring
together nineteen essays by a diverse array of scholars across the
disciplines to explore these issues. The essays included here span
a wide range of films, from the silent era to the present day,
including Buster Keaton's The General (1926), Red Badge of Courage
(1951), Glory (1989), Gettysburg (1993), and Cold Mountain (2003),
as well as television mini-series The Blue and The Gray (1982) and
John Jakes' acclaimed North and South trilogy (1985-86). As an
accessible volume to dedicated to a critical conversation about the
Civil War on film, The American Civil War on Film and TV will
appeal to not only to scholars of film, military history, American
history, and cultural history, but to fans of war films and period
films, as well.
The legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
permeate our culture: we find them in novels, movie parodies, and
even the American government. Yet beneath and before it all lies a
deep literary tradition that has influenced history, art, and
culture over the centuries. Examining the legend at its very
source, An Introduction to British Arthurian Narrative covers over
400 years and discusses a broad range of romances, histories, and
parodies written about King Arthur in Britain during the medieval
period. The modern Anglo-American version of the Arthurian tale
stems from Sir Thomas Malory's fifteenth-century compendium Le
Morte D'Arthur, which was written at the end of the tale's first
period of widespread popularity, which began in the early twelfth
century. Susan Aronstein demonstrates that, as Arthur's
transformation from a "leader of battles" in early histories, to a
powerful chieftain in Welsh tales, and, finally, into England's
"once and future king", at every point, these tales reflected the
ongoing contest for sovereignty over the island of Britain--and the
very definition of "British".
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