Format:
VI, 212 S.
,
Ill.
ISBN:
9780786463381
Content:
"This book explores the growing list of films based on or inspired by the Old English epic poem Beowulf, and thus joins the ongoing consideration of film medievalism. The films measure the pulse of how we are processing inherited notions of heroism in contemporary media, and they teach us more about our own times"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Introduction-a Freud complex and the problem of Beowulf in film
,
The cinematic commoditization of Beowulf: The serial fetishizing of a hero
,
Making sacrifices
,
The hero, the mad male Id, and a feminist Beowulf: the sexualizing of an Epic
,
Dragon, where art thou? "othering" in Beowulf films
,
Meat puzzles: Beowulf and the horror film
,
Our man Beowulf: Bowra, Ker, and the contemporary struggle with heroism
,
Conclusion-the postmodern Beowulf
Language:
English
Subjects:
General works
,
English Studies
Keywords:
Beowulf
;
Film
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