Arthurian animation : a study of cartoon Camelots on film and television /

Arthurian animation : a study of cartoon Camelots on film and television /

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Author / Creator:	Salda, Michael Norman, 1957-
Imprint:	Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2013]
Description:	vii, 210 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language:	English
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. Animated films. Arthurian romances. Arthurian romances in motion pictures. Kings and rulers in motion pictures. Medievalism. Middle Ages in motion pictures. Adaptations. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9290560

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ISBN:	9780786474684 (softcover : alk. paper) 0786474688 (softcover : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"--

Table of 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.