Screen LibraryThe Cambridge companion to medievalism /
"Medievalism - the creative interpretation or recreation of the European Middle Ages - has had a major presence in the cultural memory of the modern West, and has grown in scale to become a global phenomenon. Countless examples across aesthetic, material and political domains reveal that the me...
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, UK : |
| Publication Dates: | 2016. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge companions to culture
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"Medievalism - the creative interpretation or recreation of the European Middle Ages - has had a major presence in the cultural memory of the modern West, and has grown in scale to become a global phenomenon. Countless examples across aesthetic, material and political domains reveal that the medieval period has long provided a fund of images and ideas that have been vital to defining 'the modern'. Bringing together local, national and global examples and tracing medievalism's unpredictable course from early modern poetry to contemporary digital culture, this authoritative Companion offers a panoramic view of the historical, aesthetic, ideological and conceptual dimensions of this phenomenon. It showcases a range of critical positions and approaches to discussing medievalism, from more 'traditional' historicist and close-reading practices through to theoretically engaged methods. It also acquaints readers with key terms and provides them with a sophisticated conceptual vocabulary for discussing the medieval afterlife in the modern"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-233) and index. |
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9781107451650 1107451655 9781107086715 110708671X |
| Index Number: | CB353 |
| CLC: | K13 |
| Call Number: | K13/C178-2 |
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Medievalism: scope and complexity / Medievalism in British poetry / Medievalism and architecture / Medievalism and cinema / Musical medievalism and the harmony of the spheres / Participatory medievalism, digital gaming, and role playing / Early modern medievalism / Romantic medievalism / Academic medievalism and nationalism / Medievalism and the ideology of war / Medievalism in Spanish America after independence / Neomedievalism and international relations / Global medievalism and translation / Medievalism and theories of temporality / Queer medievalisms: a case study of Monty Python and the Holy Grail / |