Medieval History
Richard Utz recently reviewed Tison Pugh and Angela Jane Weisl's Medievalisms: Making the Past in the Present (New York: Routledge, 2013), for The Medieval Review.
This coauthored volume may very well be the first book on medievalism(s) I would be happy to recommend to someone new to medievalism studies. Because of the subaltern status of medievalism studies in relation to its dominant academic sister, medieval studies, early practitioners avoided writing this kind of book and limited their work to more narrowly defined case studies or programmatic introductions to journal issues and essay collections. Then, within the last decade, numerous book-length projects deepened our knowledge of certain larger thematic or theoretical aspects: Kathleen Biddick (The Shock of Medievalism, 1998), John Ganim (Medievalism and Orientalism, 2005), Nicholas Haydock (Movie Medievalism, 2008), Bruce Holsinger (The Premodern Condition, 2005), Erin Felicia Labbie (Lacan's Medievalism, 2006), Clare Simmons (Popular Medievalism in Romantic-Era Britain, 2011), and Louise D'Arcens (Old Songs in the Timeless Land: Medievalism in Australian Literature, 2011), etc. Even the only study at least somewhat comparable to the volume under review, Michael Alexander's Medievalism: The Middle Ages in Modern England (2007), limits its scope to the reception of medieval culture in England since 1760. Thus, Medievalisms comes at a kairotic moment in the history of medievalism studies. READ THE FULL REVIEW HERE
- Julia Smith Reviews: Matthews, Medievalism: A Critical History
Julia Smith recently reviewed David Matthews. Medievalism: A Critical History. D.S. Brewer: Cambridge, 2015. In his well-researched book, Medievalism: A Critical History, David Matthews provides a foundational study for the multidisciplinary field of...
- Old Songs
Recently published: Louise D'Arcens, Old Songs in the Timeless Land: Medievalism in Australian Literature 1840-1910 (Brepols, 2011). Publisher's summary: This volume is the first close examination of the rich and diverse body of medievalist texts...
- Robinson And Swan Speak To Medievalism Seminar
On July 30 and August 4, Drs. Carol Robinson and Jesse Swan addressed Richard Utz's graduate seminar on Studies in Medievalism via Skype. Robinson, who teaches at Kent State Trumbull, is one of the most widely known experts on the subject of Neomedievalism...
- Reviews Of Postmodern Medievalisms
Please find below recent reviews of Postmodern Medievalisms (Studies in Medievalism, XIII), ed. Richard Utz and Jesse Swan, with the assistance of Paul Plisiewicz (Woodbridge, UK: D.S. Brewer, 2005): Angela Jane Weisl, in The Medieval Review (2006)....
- Welcome
Welcome to MEDIEVALISM! This blog will serve as a forum for communicating about all aspects regarding the reception of medieval culture in postmedieval times, usually referred to as "medievalism," from active production or recreation of medieval music,...
Medieval History
Richard Utz reviews Medievalisms. Making the Past in the Present
This coauthored volume may very well be the first book on medievalism(s) I would be happy to recommend to someone new to medievalism studies. Because of the subaltern status of medievalism studies in relation to its dominant academic sister, medieval studies, early practitioners avoided writing this kind of book and limited their work to more narrowly defined case studies or programmatic introductions to journal issues and essay collections. Then, within the last decade, numerous book-length projects deepened our knowledge of certain larger thematic or theoretical aspects: Kathleen Biddick (The Shock of Medievalism, 1998), John Ganim (Medievalism and Orientalism, 2005), Nicholas Haydock (Movie Medievalism, 2008), Bruce Holsinger (The Premodern Condition, 2005), Erin Felicia Labbie (Lacan's Medievalism, 2006), Clare Simmons (Popular Medievalism in Romantic-Era Britain, 2011), and Louise D'Arcens (Old Songs in the Timeless Land: Medievalism in Australian Literature, 2011), etc. Even the only study at least somewhat comparable to the volume under review, Michael Alexander's Medievalism: The Middle Ages in Modern England (2007), limits its scope to the reception of medieval culture in England since 1760. Thus, Medievalisms comes at a kairotic moment in the history of medievalism studies. READ THE FULL REVIEW HERE
- Julia Smith Reviews: Matthews, Medievalism: A Critical History
Julia Smith recently reviewed David Matthews. Medievalism: A Critical History. D.S. Brewer: Cambridge, 2015. In his well-researched book, Medievalism: A Critical History, David Matthews provides a foundational study for the multidisciplinary field of...
- Old Songs
Recently published: Louise D'Arcens, Old Songs in the Timeless Land: Medievalism in Australian Literature 1840-1910 (Brepols, 2011). Publisher's summary: This volume is the first close examination of the rich and diverse body of medievalist texts...
- Robinson And Swan Speak To Medievalism Seminar
On July 30 and August 4, Drs. Carol Robinson and Jesse Swan addressed Richard Utz's graduate seminar on Studies in Medievalism via Skype. Robinson, who teaches at Kent State Trumbull, is one of the most widely known experts on the subject of Neomedievalism...
- Reviews Of Postmodern Medievalisms
Please find below recent reviews of Postmodern Medievalisms (Studies in Medievalism, XIII), ed. Richard Utz and Jesse Swan, with the assistance of Paul Plisiewicz (Woodbridge, UK: D.S. Brewer, 2005): Angela Jane Weisl, in The Medieval Review (2006)....
- Welcome
Welcome to MEDIEVALISM! This blog will serve as a forum for communicating about all aspects regarding the reception of medieval culture in postmedieval times, usually referred to as "medievalism," from active production or recreation of medieval music,...