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The Legend of Arthur in literature and popular culture
Title
The Legend of Arthur in literature and popular culture [electronic resource (video)] / Films for the Humanities & Sciences.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2005], c2002.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (26 min.) : sd., col., digital.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on May 12, 2005.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
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Summary
What makes the promise of Camelot still resonate in the 21st century? In this program, Barbara and Alan Lupack, authors of King Arthur in America and Arthurian Literature by Women; Debra Mancoff, author of The Arthurian Revival in Victorian Art; and Kevin J. Harty, author of King Arthur on Film, New Essays on Arthurian Cinema, discuss the enduring fascination with King Arthur in Britain and America since the Victorian era. Tennyson's Idylls of the King, Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, paintings of the Pre-Raphaelites, and writings of John Steinbeck, T. H. White, Marion Zimmer Bradley, and others are featured. In addition, Hollywood and pop culture's continuing infatuation with Arthur is explored. A Films for the Humanities & Sciences Production.
Variant and related titles
Films on demand.
Other formats
Original produced: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2002
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
Series
Tracing the Arthurian Tradition
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Contents
The Arthurian Legend (5:37)
Art and the Arthurian Legend (3:03)
Mark Twain and T.H. White (4:41)
20th Century American Writers (3:13)
Arthurian Settings (3:06)
King Arthur and America (3:22)
Videorecording number
30342s Infobase
30345 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
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Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Films for the Humanities & Sciences.
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