Medieval Hero on Screen

Martha W. Driver is distinguished professor of English and women’s and gender studies at Pace University. Sid Ray is a professor of English and women’s and gender studies at Pace University.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Foreword      Preface: Hollywood Knights      Part I. What’s Accuracy Got to Do with It? Historicity and Authenticity in Medieval Film      Heroism and Alienation through Language in The Lord of the Rings      Authenticating Realism in Medieval Film      Part II. Kid Crusaders: Heroic Children on Film      Shirley Temple and the Guys and Dolls of the Round Table      Boys to Men: Medievalism and Masculinity in Star Wars and E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial      Part III. Iron Maidens: Medieval Female Heroes on Film      Girls on Film: Medieval Virginity in the Cinema      Chivalric Virtues in Female Form: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’s Wudan Warrior Princess as Medieval Hero      Not Your Typical Knight: The Emerging On-Screen Defender      Part IV. Time Bandits: Contemporary Appropriations      The Hagiography of Steel: The Hero's Weapon and Its Place in Pop Culture      The Way of the Wizard: Reflections of Merlin on Film      Hard Day's Knights: First Knight, A Knight’s Tale, and Black Knight      Part V. “Stond and Delyver”: Teaching the Medieval Movie      Oh, What a Lovely War! Joan of Arc on Screen      The Hero in the Classroom      Notes on Contributors      Index

“compelling and insightful...carefully reasoned and well written...intelligent...well illustrated...excellent...highly recommended”—Choice; “impressive collection..thought-provoking and insightful...a welcome addition”—Arthuriana; “encapsulates the sense of lively enquiry and debate that makes this book worthwhile”—Journal of American Studies; “wonderful suggestions for teaching the medieval movie”—The Historical Novels Review.