Cinematic Illuminations: The Middle Ages on Film

by Laurie A. Finke, Martin Shichtman, Martin B. Shichtman

Book Overview

This engaging new study analyzes cinematic treatments of the Middle Ages within a diverse range of popular and artistic films.

At a time when students have more experience with watching movies than with reading and evaluating literature and history, Cinematic Illuminations harnesses the power of popular culture to make accessible a period that often seems forbidding and remote. From The Seventh Seal and The Lion in Winter...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801893453
• ISBN13: 9780801893452
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 3.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 to 22 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary