Swashbucklers
The costume adventure series
By James Chapman
Book Information
- Format: eBook
- ISBN: 978-0-7190-9892-5
- Published Date: July 2015
Description
Swashbucklers is the first study of one of the most popular and enduring genres in television history - the costume adventure series. It maps the history of swashbuckling television from its origins in the 1950s to the present. It places the various series in their historical and institutional contexts and also analyses how the form and style of the genre has changed over time. And it includes case studies of major swashbuckling series including The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Buccaneers, Ivanhoe, William Tell, Zorro, Arthur of the Britons, Dick Turpin, Robin of Sherwood, Sharpe, Hornblower, The Count of Monte Cristo and the recent BBC co-production of The Three Musketeers.
Contents
Introduction
1. Exporting Englishness
2. Fantasy factories
3. Revisionist revivals
4. Rebels with a cause
5. Heritage heroes
6. Millennial mavericks
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Author
James Chapman is Professor of Film Studies at the University of Leicester
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