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From Follett
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-196) and index.;The iris opens: "Bosko's Knight-mare" -- The best Arthurian cartoon never made: Hugh Harman's King Arthur's Knights -- "To ye jousting tournament": Arthur's postwar rise -- "What's up, duke?" variety in the 1950s and early 1960s -- The sword in the stone, a "full-length flop," and arthurianimation's decline -- The profane and the sacred: what hath Monty Python wrought? -- Many returns of the king: the 1980s -- Arthur, Arthur, everywhere: short animation of 1990s -- Four roads to Camelot: the feature film bumper crop of 1997-98 -- Where lies Arthur? arthurianimation since 2000 -- Coda. A study of how the theme of Arthurian legend has been represented in animation from 1933 through present day.
From the Publisher
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.