Remaking the Middle Ages : the methods of cinema and history in portraying the medieval world
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Remaking the Middle Ages : the methods of cinema and history in portraying the medieval world
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, c2011
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Proposing a fresh theoretical approach to the study of cinematic portrayals of the Middle Ages, this book uses both semiotics and historiography to demonstrate how contemporary filmmakers have attempted to recreate the past in a way that, while largely imagined, is also logical, meaningful, and as truthful as possible. Carrying out this critical approach, the author analyzes a wide range of films depicting the Middle Ages, arguing that most of these films either reflect the past through a series of visual signs (a concept he has called "iconic recreation") or by comparing the past to a modern equivalent (called "paradigmatic representation").
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