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Tables of Contents for The Use of Arthurian Legend in Hollywood Film
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Illustrations
ix
Preface
xi
Acknowledgments
xv
The Mythopoeic Nature of the Arthurian Legend and Its Methods of Transmission
1
20
The Arthurian Legend as Intertextual Collage
21
52
The ``Connecticut Yankee'' Films
A Connecticut Yankee (1931)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)
Unidentified Flying Oddball (1979)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1989)
A Kid in King Arthur's Court (1995)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
The Arthurian Legend as Hollywood Melodrama
73
32
Knights of the Round Table (1954)
Sword of Lancelot (1963)
Camelot (1967)
First Knight (1995)
The Arthurian Legend as Forms of Propaganda
105
24
The Black Knight (1954)
Siege of the Saxons (1963)
The Sword in the Stone (1963)
The Arthurian Legend as Hollywood Epic
129
24
Excalibur (1981)
The Arthurian Legend as Postmodern Quest
153
34
Knightriders (1981)
The Natural (1984)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
The Fisher King (1991)
Filmography
187
6
Bibliography
193
6
Index
199