Studies in Medievalism Vol. 20

Coming soon from D. S. Brewer:

Studies in Medievalism XX
Defining Neomedievalism(s) II
Edited by Karl Fugelso

First Published: 16 Jun 2011
13 Digit ISBN: 9781843842675
Pages: 212
Size: 23.4 x 15.6
Binding: Hardback
Imprint: D.S.Brewer
Series: Studies in Medievalism
Subject: Modern Literature
$90.00

Following on from previous issues, this volume continues to explore definitions of neomedievalism and its relationship to traditional medievalism. In four essays that open the volume, Harry Brown, KellyAnn Fitzpatrick, David W. Marshall, and Nils Holger Petersen underscore the elusive nature of distinctions between the two fields, particularly when assessing contemporary film, music, and electronic media. Seven articles then test the need for these distinctions, on subject matter ranging from Sir Walter Scott as a historian; M. E. Braddon's gendered medievalism; friendship models in Mary Elizabeth Haweis's Chaucer for Children; Jorge Luis Borges's Northern interests; medieval practices in Ellis Peters's Cadfael novels; innovative exhibits at the Museum of Wolframs-Eschenbach; and Celtic patterns in modern tattoos. Theory and practice are thus juxtaposed once again in a volume that is certain to fuel a central debate in not one but two of the fastest growing areas of academia.

Contributors: Harry Brown, KellyAnn Fitzpatrick, David W. Marshall, Nils Holger Petersen, Mark B. Spencer, Megan L. Morris, Karla Knutson, Vladimir Brljak, Alan T. Gaylord, Alexandra Sterling-Hellenbrand, Maggie M. Williams

Contents

1 Editorial Note
2 Baphomet Incorporated, A Case Study in Neomedievalism
3 [Re]producing [Neo]medievalism
4 Neomedievalism, Identification, and the Haze of Medievalisms
5 Medieval Resurfacings, Old and New
6 Quentin Durward and Louis XI: Sir Walter Scott as Historian
7 Chivalric Terrors: The Gendered Perils of Medievalism in M. E. Braddon's Lady Audley's Secret
8 "Lessons Fairer than Flowers": Mary Elizabeth Haweis's Chaucer for Children and Models of Friendship
9 Borges and the North
10 O Rare Ellis Peters: Two Rules for Medieval Murder
11 Performing Medieval Literature and/as History: The Museum of Wolframs-Eschenbach
12 Celtic Tattoos: Ancient, Medieval, and Postmodern
13 Notes on Contributors