 What makes the promise of Camelot still resonate in the 21st century? In this program, Barbara and Alan Lupack, authors of King Arthur in America and Arthurian Literature by Women; Debra Mancoff, author of The Arthurian Revival in Victorian Art; and Kevin J. Harty, author of King Arthur on Film, New Essays on Arthurian Cinema, discuss the enduring fascination with King Arthur in Britain and America since the Victorian era. Tennyson’s Idylls of the King, Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, paintings of the Pre-Raphaelites, and writings of John Steinbeck, T. H. White, Marion Zimmer Bradley, and others are featured. In addition, Hollywood and pop culture’s continuing infatuation with Arthur is explored. A Films for the Humanities & Sciences Production. (26 minutes)
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Item#: BVL30345
Copyright date: ©2002
VHS ISBN 978-0-7365-4731-4
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN 978-1-4213-1560-7
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Gawain and the Green Knight
This beautifully dramatized version of the late-14th-century poem offers a bonanza to the English teacher: one of the best known of the Arthurian legends, a portrait of life in Arthurian days as the Pearl poet imagined it, a baker's dozen of discussi...(more details) |
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Greek Drama: From Ritual to Theater
Why do plays well over two millennia old still speak to audiences today? This program traces Greek theater from ancient harvest rites to the golden age of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes. Key scenes from Antigone, Oedipus Tyrannus, ...(more details) |
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Geoffrey Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales
Written in the 14th century, The Canterbury Tales has stood the test of time as a landmark in the development of English literature. This innovative "frame story" owes its classic standing and impact to the diversity both of the narrators and of the ...(more details) |
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Understanding Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Like Malory's Le Morte Darthur, the anonymously authored Sir Gawain and the Green Knight represents a watershed in the development of the Arthurian tradition. Drawing on insights from Nicholas Perkins, a specialist on medieval English literature and ...(more details) |
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Malory's Le Morte Darthur: Anatomy of a Legend
The richly embroidered story of King Arthur as set down by Sir Thomas Malory during the Middle Ages has unfailingly intrigued generations of readers. P. J. C. Field, one of the world's top authorities on Malory and president of the British branch of ...(more details) |
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