Medievalisms: Making the Past in the Present

ISBN-13: 9780415617260 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 192 str.

Tison Pugh;Angela Jane Weisl

Opis

This guide is written by two of the leading contemporary scholars of medieval literature, and explores the influence of medieval cultural concepts on literature and film, including key authors such as Shakespeare, Tennyson, and Mark Twain.

Recenzje

"This coauthored volume may very well be the first book on medievalism(s) I would be happy to recommend to someone new to medievalism studies" - Richard Utz, The Medieval Review

Spis treści

1. Medievalisms: The Magic of the Middle Ages  2. A Case Study of Dante: Naked Icons of Medievalism  3. Literary Medievalisms: Inventing Inspirations  4. "Medieval" Literature for Children and Young Adults: Fantasies of Innocence  5. King Arthur’s and Robin Hood’s Adventures in Medievalism: Mythic Masculinities (and Magical Femininities)  6. Movie Medievalisms: Five (or Six) Ways of Looking at an Anachronism  7. Medievalisms in Music and the Arts: Longing for Transcendence  8. Experiential Medievalisms: Reliving the Always Modern Middle Ages  9. Political Medievalisms: The Darkness of the Dark Ages