Medieval History
Christopher Roman recently reviewed Bruce Holsinger's A Burnable Book for Medievally Speaking:
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Bruce Holsinger and Nancy Bilyeau, two of the leading medieval novelists, had the chance to meet up in New York City and have a conversation about writing historical fiction, how they went about researching their novels, and what stories and styles influenced...
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- Richard Utz Reviews Medievalisms. Making The Past In The Present
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)...
- Interview With Author Bruce Holsinger
Author, Bruce HolsingerWhat better book to whet the appetites of readers of history and lovers of books, than a book about a book set in the volatile era of late fourteenth century England? Is there better? I do not think so. I am biased though....
Medieval History
Christopher Roman Reviews Holsinger, A Burnable Book
In what ways can academics engage with a broader public? There is plenty of debate and discussion on what exactly members of the university community can do to reach beyond our sometimes narrowly defined disciplines and engage with our local and global communities. At times this debate can focus on outcomes, as in, if the professoriate engages with the public in the form of Twitter or blogs, does it count toward tenure or promotion? Do blogs count as scholarship? (my easy answer to both of these questions is yes). But, sidestepping questions of ?does it count?,? it may be more important to reflect on how we can connect to our non-academic or cross-discipline communities. There is the simple act of a lecture in a non-academic setting like a coffee shop. There is engaging with history, Chaucer, and spoken word poetry, as in the recent work of Patience Agbabi. There is reimagining communities transhistorically, as well as across the hard and fast lines of professional/amateurs as Carolyn Dinshaw has recently explored in her book How Soon Is Now? This is all to say, as well, why don?t we write more novels?
Bruce Holsinger?s A Burnable Book engages with the ways in which history, literature, and power intersect. Holsinger creates a medieval world?. Read full Review HERE.
- Bruce Holsinger And Nancy Bilyeau Talk About Historical Fiction
Bruce Holsinger and Nancy Bilyeau, two of the leading medieval novelists, had the chance to meet up in New York City and have a conversation about writing historical fiction, how they went about researching their novels, and what stories and styles influenced...
- Briefly Noted -- Accessus: A Journal Of Premodern Literature And New Media
Readers of Modern Medieval will want to go take a look at the inaugural issue of Accessus, a publication of the Gower Project. This excellent-looking first issue includes the following essays that bring together disability studies, medieval studies, manuscript...
- Is There A Comment For This Blog?
Recently, Jeffrey Cohen wrote a thoughtful blog post (prompted by Christopher Schaberg's post) on why blogging seems like such hard work. Somehow, blogging has come to feel less dynamic and more permanent. The elevation of the blog as...
- Richard Utz Reviews Medievalisms. Making The Past In The Present
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)...
- Interview With Author Bruce Holsinger
Author, Bruce HolsingerWhat better book to whet the appetites of readers of history and lovers of books, than a book about a book set in the volatile era of late fourteenth century England? Is there better? I do not think so. I am biased though....