Arthurian Animation: A Study of Cartoon Camelots on Film and Television

by Michael N. Salda

Overview

This is an exploration of the potent blend of Arthurian legend, cartoon animation, and cultural and artistic trends from 1933 to the present. In more than 170 theatrical and televised short cartoons, televised series and specials, and feature-length films from The Sword in the Stone to Shrek the Third—all covered in this book—animators have repeatedly brought the Round Table to life. Although these productions differ greatly in tone and intent—spanning spectra from comic to sober, fantastic to realistic, and entertaining to edifying—they share in the proof of Camelot's continuing relevance in the modern world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786474684
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date:	07/31/2013
Pages:	220
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Michael N. Salda is an associate professor of medieval literature in the Department of English at the University of Southern Mississippi. He lives in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
 1. The Iris Opens: “Bosko’s Knight-Mare”
 2. The Best Arthurian Cartoon Never Made: Hugh Harman’s King Arthur’s Knights
 3. “To Ye Jousting Tournament”: Arthur’s Postwar Rise
 4. “What’s Up, Duke?” Variety in the 1950s and Early 1960s
 5. The Sword in the Stone, a “Full-length Flop,” and Arthurianimation’s Decline
 6. The Profane and the Sacred: What Hath Monty Python Wrought?
 7. Many Returns of the King: The 1980s
 8. Arthur, Arthur, Everywhere: Short Animation of 1990s
 9. Four Roads to Camelot: The Feature Film Bumper Crop of 1997–98
10. Where Lies Arthur? Arthurianimation Since 2000
Coda
Chapter Notes
Works Cited
Index

Editorial Reviews

recommended”—Choice; “well-documented...excellently researched...engrossing reading for the animation fan, and a handy reference tool for those who want to know anything about Arthurian animated cartoons”—Animation World Network; “a pioneering work that explores the intersection of the history of animation and Arthurian Studies...clearly written and accessible...recommended...a worthy accompaniment to any bookshelf”—Medievally Speaking.

From the Publisher

"well-documented...excellently researched...engrossing reading for the animation fan, and a handy reference tool for those who want to know anything about Arthurian animated cartoons"

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