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Studies in Medievalism XIX: Defining Neomedievalism(s)

By Karl Fugelso (editor)

Book information

Publisher
D. S. Brewer
Year
2010
ISBN
1843842289, 9781843842286
LCC
CB353 .D445 2010
Open Library ID
OL24883642M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1878611 bytes)
Volume
19
Pages
248\248
Topic
History
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

The focus on neomedievalism at the 2007 International Conference on Medievalism, in ever more sessions at the annual International Congress on Medieval Studies, and by many recent or forthcoming publications has left little doubt of the importance of this new, provocative area of study. In response to a seminal essay defining medievalism in relationship to neomedievalism (published in volume 18 of this journal), the volume begins with seven essays defining neomedievalism in relationship to medievalism. Their positions are then tested by five articles, whose subjects range from modern American manifestations of Byzantine art, to the Vietnam War as refracted through non-heterosexual implications in the 1976 movie Robin and Marian, and versions of abjection in recent Beowulf films. Theory and practice are thus juxtaposed in a volume that is certain to fuel a central debate in not one but two of the fastest growing areas of academia.

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