Medievalisms - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Medievalisms write by Tison Pugh. This book was released on 2012-11-12. Medievalisms available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From King Arthur and Robin Hood, through to video games and jousting-themed restaurants, medieval culture continues to surround us and has retained a strong influence on literature and culture throughout the ages. This fascinating and illuminating 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 The continued appeal of medieval cultural figures such as Dante, King Arthur, and Robin Hood The influence of the medieval on such varied disciplines such as politics, music, children’s literature, and art. Contemporary efforts to relive the Middle Ages. Medievalisms: Making the Past in the Present surveys the critical field and sets the boundaries for future study, providing an essential background for literary study from the medieval period through to the twenty-first century.
Medievalism
Medievalism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Medievalism write by David Matthews. This book was released on 2015. Medievalism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An accessibly-written survey of the origins and growth of the discipline of medievalism studies. The field known as "medievalism studies" concerns the life of the Middle Ages after the Middle Ages. Originating some thirty years ago, it examines reinventions and reworkings of the medieval from the Reformation to postmodernity, from Bale and Leland to HBO's Game of Thrones. But what exactly is it? An offshoot of medieval studies? A version of reception studies? Or a new form of cultural studies? Can such a diverse field claim coherence? Should it be housed in departments of English, or History, or should it always be interdisciplinary? In responding to such questions, the author traces the history of medievalism from its earliest appearances in the sixteenth century to the present day, across a range of examples drawn from the spheres of literature, art, architecture, music and more. He identifies two major modes, the grotesque and the romantic, and focuses on key phases of the development of medievalism in Europe: the Reformation, the late eighteenth century, and above all the period between 1815 and 1850, which, he argues, represents the zenith of medievalist cultural production. He also contends that the 1840s were medievalism's one moment of canonicity in several European cultures at once. After that, medievalism became a minority form, rarely marked with cultural prestige, though always pervasive and influential. Medievalism: a Critical History scrutinises several key categories - space, time, and selfhood - and traces the impact of medievalism on each. It will be the essential guide to a complex and still evolving field of inquiry. David Matthews is Professor of Medieval and Medievalism Studies at the University of Manchester.
Early Modern Medievalisms
Early Modern Medievalisms - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Early Modern Medievalisms write by . This book was released on 2010-09-24. Early Modern Medievalisms available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Although modernity historically defined itself by relation to the medieval, the ways in which early moderns invoked and conceptualized the medieval are still insufficiently understood. This volume's seventeen essays present some preliminary explorations into the field of early modern medievalisms.
Fantasy and Science Fiction Medievalisms: From Isaac Asimov to A Game of Thrones - Student Edition
Fantasy and Science Fiction Medievalisms: From Isaac Asimov to A Game of Thrones - Student Edition - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Fantasy and Science Fiction Medievalisms: From Isaac Asimov to A Game of Thrones - Student Edition write by Helen Young. This book was released on 2015-07-30. Fantasy and Science Fiction Medievalisms: From Isaac Asimov to A Game of Thrones - Student Edition available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Note: this is an abridged version of the book with references removed.The complete edition is also available on this website. From advertisements to amusement parks, themed restaurants, and Renaissance fairs twenty-first century popular culture is strewn with reimaginings of the Middle Ages. They are nowhere more prevalent, however, than in the films, television series, books, and video games of speculative genres: fantasy and science fiction. Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit film trilogies and George R. R. Martin's multimedia Game of Thrones franchise are just two of the most widely known and successful fantasy conglomerates of recent decades. Medievalism has often been understood as a defining feature of fantasy, and as the antithesis of science fiction, but such constructs vastly underestimate the complexities of both genres and their interactions. "Medieval" has multiple meanings in fantasy and science fiction, which shift with genre convention, and which bring about their own changes as authors and audiences engage with what has gone before in the recent and deeper pasts. Earlier volumes have examined some of the ways in which contemporary popular culture re-imagines the Middle Ages, offering broad overviews, but none considers fantasy, science fiction, or the two together. The focused approach of this collection provides a directed pathway into the myriad medievalisms of modern popular culture. By engaging directly with genre(s), this book acknowledges that medievalist creative texts and practices do not occur in a vacuum, but are shaped by multiple cultural forces and concerns; medievalism is never just about the Middle Ages.
Postmodern Medievalisms
Postmodern Medievalisms - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Postmodern Medievalisms write by Richard J. Utz. This book was released on 2005. Postmodern Medievalisms available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Studies of texts from the late middle ages to the contemporary moment, together they indicate, broadly, directions both in postmodern studies and studies in medievalism.
