Beowulf on Film: Adaptations and Variations

by Nickolas Haydock and E.L. Risden

Why did the most read work in English literature go without cinematic adaptation for so long? And why did five major film treatments appear between 1999 and 2008? This book explores the growing number of films based on the Old English epic poem Beowulf, and furthers the ongoing consideration of filmic medievalism. Will the powerful influence of cinema affect the future reception of this great cultural, linguistic and inherently visual work?...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786463384
• ISBN13: 9780786463381
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher