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Arthurian animation : a study of cartoon Camelots on film and television
- Title
- Arthurian animation : a study of cartoon Camelots on film and television / Michael N. Salda.
- Author
- Salda, Michael Norman, 1957-
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2013]
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- Description
- vii, 210 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
- Summary
- "This is an exploration of the potent blend of Arthurian legend, cartoon animation, and cultural and artistic trends from 1933 to the present day. In more than 170 theatrical and televised short cartoons, televised series and specials, and feature-length films; animators have repeatedly brought the Round Table to life on screens large and small"--
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-196) and index.
- Contents
- The iris opens: "Bosko's Knight-mare" -- The best Arthurian cartoon never made: Hugh Harman's King Arthur's Knights -- "To ye jousting tournament": Arthur's postwar rise -- "What's up, duke?" variety in the 1950s and early 1960s -- The sword in the stone, a "full-length flop," and arthurianimation's decline -- The profane and the sacred: what hath Monty Python wrought? -- Many returns of the king: the 1980s -- Arthur, Arthur, everywhere: short animation of 1990s -- Four roads to Camelot: the feature film bumper crop of 1997-98 -- Where lies Arthur? arthurianimation since 2000 -- Coda.
- Call Number
- MFL 13-6051
- ISBN
- 9780786474684 (softcover : alk. paper)
- 0786474688 (softcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2013024268
- OCLC
- 830367190
- Author
- Salda, Michael Norman, 1957-
- Title
- Arthurian animation : a study of cartoon Camelots on film and television / Michael N. Salda.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2013]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-196) and index.
- Research Call Number
- MFL 13-6051