Getting Schmedieval
Of Manuscript and Film Prologues, Paratexts, and Parodies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5834787 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R Burt (0000-0002-7551-3308, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 217-242 |
| Publication date | 2007-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Exemplaria (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1041-2573 • E-ISSN: 1753-3074 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/175330707x212840 |
| OpenAlex | W2036991204 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 11 |
This introduction examines how historical effects in cinematic medievalism are produced through analogies between their shared marginal paratexts, including historiated letters, prefaces, opening title sequences, film prologues, and intertitles. Close attention to the cinematic paratext of medieval films such as The Adventures of Robin Hood, Richard III, Prince Valiant, El Cid, and Monty Python and the Holy Grail offers us insights not only into connections between medieval manuscript culture and film but into the way analogies drawn within medieval films between old and new media blur if not fully deconstruct distinctions between the shock of movie medievalism and the schlock of movie schmedievalism, between serious historical film and the historical film parody
Holy Grail · Medievalism · Paratext · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · Medieval Literature and History · Renaissance Literature and Culture
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2021 (16) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |