Studies in Medievalism XXVIII: Medievalism and Discrimination

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Discrimination has long played a part in medievalism studies, but it has rarely been weaponized as thoroughly and publicly as in recent exchanges. The essays in the first part of this volume respond to that development by examining some of the many forms discrimination has taken in medievalism (studies) relative to race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, and ethnicity. These papers thus inform many of the subsequent chapters, which address a wide variety of aspects of medievalism, showing how many cultural areas it touches upon. Subjects include Evelyn Underhill's literary interest in the Arts and Crafts Movement; the Anchoresses of the filmmaker Chris Newby and novelist Robyn Cadwallader; cinematic battle orations; contemporary representations of Viking helmet horns; modern board-game culture; and Vincent Van Gogh's Studio of the South. The volume also includes a transcription and contextualization of the celebrated scholar Helen Waddell's notes on medieval texts. Contributors: Carla Arnell, Aida Audeh, Peter Burkholder, Christopher Caldiero, Michael Evans, Jennifer FitzGerald, Jonathan Godsall, Angus J. Kennedy, Nadia Margolis, Lauryn Mayer, Timothy S. Miller, Tison Pugh, Richard Utz, Kim Wilkins, Karen A. Winstead, Helen Young, Frontcover Contents List of Illustrations Preface I: Medievalism and Discrimination Freedom to Discriminate “You wouldn’t want to be historically inaccurate”: Online Responses to Race in Medievalist Television Mythogyny: Popular Medievalism and Toxic Masculinity The Cool and the Queer in Bugs Bunny’s Middle Ages Medievalism, Antisemitism, and Twenty-First-Century Media: An Update II: Other Responses to Medievalism (and Authenticity) Work for the Soul: Medievalism, the Arts and Crafts Movement, and the Development of a Practical Spirituality in Evelyn Underhill’s Novel The Gray World Exhuming the Living Dead: The Anchoresses of Chris Newby and Robyn Cadwallader The King’s Speech: Battle Orations in Medieval Film Horns: Vikings, Adaptation, Evolution Bidding with Beowulf, Dicing with Chaucer, and Playing Poker with King Arthur: Neomedievalism in Modern Board-Gaming Culture Vincent van Gogh, the Tre Corone, and the Studio of the South A Transcription of Helen Waddell’s Notes on the Roman de la Rose and Christine de Pizan: Manuscript Queen’s University Belfast 18/1/c Contributors