Historical films - History and criticism.
Library o f Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Elley, Derek. 02108, USA, 464 S t Kilda Road, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia and Broadway House, Newtown Road, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon RG9 1EN Set in Century 9 lllp t by Columns, Reading and printed in Great Britain by S t Edmundsbury Press, Bury S t Edmunds, Suffolk © Derek Elley 1984 No part o f this book may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher, except for the quotation of brief passages in criticism. Routledge & Kegan Paul London, Boston, Melbourne and Henleyįirst published in 1984 by Routledge & Kegan Paul pic 39 Store Street, London W ClE 7DD, 9 Park Street, Boston, Mass. Di s c l ai me r T h e p u b li s h e r h a s m a d e e v e r y effort t o t r a c e c o p y r i g h t h o l d e r s a n d w o u l d w e l c o m e c o r r e s p o n d e n c e f r om t h o s e t he y have b e e n un a b l e t o trace.Ĭinema and Society General Editor Jeffrey Richards B ritish L ib r a ry C a ta lo g u in g in P u b lic a tio n D a ta A c a t a l o g u e r e c o r d f or this b o o k is avail able f r om the British L i b r a r y I S B N : 9 7 8 - 0 - 4 15 - 8 3 8 6 5 - 8 (Set) e l S B N : 9 7 8 - 1 - 31 5 - 8 5 2 0 1 - 0 (Set) I S B N : 9 7 8- 0- 415- 72677- 1 ( Vo l u m e 11) e l S B N : 9 7 8 - 1 - 31 5 - 8 5 5 8 3 - 7 ( Vo l u m e 11) P u b l i s h e r ’s N o t e T h e p u b l i s h e r h a s g o n e t o g r ea t l e n g t h s t o e n s u r e the q u a l i t y o f this b o o k b u t p o i n t s o u t t h a t s o m e i m p e r f e c t i o n s f r om t h e o r i gi n a l m a y be a p p a r e n t. T ra d e m a rk n o tic e : P r o d u c t o r c o r p o r a t e n a m e s m a y be t r a d e m a r k s o r r egi stered t r a d e m a r k s, a n d a r e used on l y for ident i f i cat i on a n d e x p l a n a t i o n w i t h o u t i n t en t t o infringe. N o p a r t o f this b o o k m a y be r e p r i n t e d o r r e p r o d u c e d o r utilised in any f o r m o r b y a n y e l ec t roni c, m e c h a n i c a l, o r o t h e r m e a n s, n o w k n o w n o r h e r e a f t e r i nvent ed, i n c l ud i n g p h o t o c o p y i n g a n d r ec o r di n g, o r in a n y i n f o r m a t i o n st or a g e o r ret rie val sys t e m, w i t h o u t p e r m i s s i o n in wr i t i n g f r om t h e publi shers. R O U T L E D G E L IB R A R Y E D IT IO N S : C IN E M Aį i r s t p u b l i s h e d in 1984 T h i s e d i t i o n first p ub l i s h e d in 2014 by Routledge 2 P a r k S qu a r e, M i l t o n P a r k, A b i n g d o n, O x o n, 0 X 1 4 4 R N S i m u l t a n e o u s l y p u b l i sh e d in the U S A a n d C a n a d a by R o u t l e d g c 711 T h i r d Av e n u e, N e w Y o r k, N Y 10017 R o u tle d g e is an im p rin t o f th e T a y lo r & F ra n cis G roup, an in fo rm a b u sin ess © 1984 D e re k Elley All r i ght s r eserved. THE EPIC FILM Myth and History Derek Elley Epic aftertastes : misnomers and modern myth. Early medieval : Norseman, Saxons, and the Cid -ġ2. Imperial Rome : slaves and barbarians -ġ0.