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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"--
Subject
  • Arthurian romances in motion pictures
  • Animated films > History and criticism
  • Arthurian romances > Adaptations > History and criticism
  • Kings and rulers in motion pictures
  • Medievalism > History > 20th century
  • Middle Ages in motion pictures
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
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