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"The question of how various forms of art, discourse, and structure manage to negotiate the distance between various non-contiguous periods of history is at the heart of all medievalism studies. The contributors to The Medieval Motion Picture confront the issue of temporality by claiming, and demonstrating, for cinematic representations of medieval culture a joyous multimodality of temporal and aesthetic layers apt to adapt medieval artifacts, concepts, and practices to the diverse horizons of expectation postmedieval viewers bring to medievalist movies. From Kurosawa's Ran to HBO's Game of Thrones, the essays in this theoretically sophisticated volume reveal the complex dialogic interplay of pre-modern and (post)modern temporalities." - Richard Utz, Chair and Professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
"This ambitious collection explores the ideas and practices that link medievalism studies, adaptation theory and cinema studies. The 'politics' of adaptation here are institutional and disciplinary: these original and inventive essays show how far medievalism has developed from earlier preoccupations with fidelity to sources or to the historical past. Using the temporal uncertainties of medieval film as a starting-point, many of these essays offer brilliant insights into the nature of cinematic representation." - Stephanie Trigg, Professor of English, University of Melbourne, Australia.
"With an eye to film's global purview, including Hollywood films set in various geographies and 'medieval' pasts, as well as to international cinema, the editors cast a wide theoretical net and reel in numerous illuminating insights into the nature and aesthetics of cinema that turns to the misty pasts of medievalism. Johnston, Rouse, and Hinz's The Medieval Motion Picture lays out exemplary readings that will enhance theoretical discussions of the cinematic Middle Ages, particularly in its focus on the temporal nature of adaptations, while also putting forth intriguing interpretations of a range of films, from masterpieces (Ran) to blockbuster successes (The Sixth Sense) to schlock (Timeline). Scholars of these films will benefit from the volume's detailed readings of them." - The Medieval Review
Editors and Affiliations
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Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Andrew James Johnston, Margitta Rouse, Philipp Hinz
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Manchester University, UK
Margitta Rouse, Philipp Hinz
About the editors
Margitta Rouse is Assistant Professor at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany. She teaches medieval English literature as well as cinematic adaptation.
Philipp Hinz curates film festivals and publishes stage-to-screen adaptations on DVD.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Medieval Motion Picture
Book Subtitle: The Politics of Adaptation
Editors: Andrew James Johnston, Margitta Rouse, Philipp Hinz
Series Title: The New Middle Ages
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137074249
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Media & Culture Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Andrew James Johnston, Margitta Rouse, and Philipp Hinz 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-11250-6Published: 02 April 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-29443-5Published: 02 April 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-07424-9Published: 02 April 2014
Series ISSN: 2945-5936
Series E-ISSN: 2945-5944
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 233
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations
Topics: Medieval Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, general, Film History, Literary History, Media Research, Screen Studies