Medieval And Early Modern Film And Media

Medieval And Early Modern Film And Media Contextualizes Historical Films In An Innovative Way--not Only Relating Them To The History Of Cinema, But Also To Premodern And Early Modern Media. This Philological Approach To The (pre)history Of Cinema Engages Both Old Media Such As Scrolls, Illuminated Manuscripts, The Bayeux Tapestry, And Digital Media Such As Dvds, Hd Dvds, And Computers. Burt Examines The Uncanny Repetitions That Now Fragment Films Into Successively Released Alternate Cuts And Extras (footnote Tracks, Audiocommentaries, And Documentaries) That (re)structure And Reframe Historical Films, Thereby Presenting Challenges To Historicist Criticism And Film Theory.