| Studies in Medievalism VII: Medievalism in England II Contributor(s): Workman, Leslie J. (Editor), Verduin, Kathleen (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0859914879 ISBN-13: 9780859914871 Publisher: Boydell & Brewer OUR PRICE: $109.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 1996 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - History | Europe - Medieval - Literary Criticism | Medieval |
| Dewey: 820.91 |
| LCCN: 95052640 |
| Series: Studies in Medievalism |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.18 lbs) 252 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Eleven essays, by scholars from America, Australia and the United Kingdom, investigate reinventions of the middle ages in English culture from the end of sixteenth century to the present day. Topics addressed include medievalism in English popular literature; Sir Walter Scott's Sir Tristrem; Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Chaucer; George Stephens and Old Northern philology; Anglo-Saxonism and the Franco-Prussian War; Dante and the Victorian historical sense; the Grail paintings of G.F. Watts; heterogeneity and the Kelmscott Chaucer; revivals of the Chester Mystery plays; and the cinematic art of Terry Gilliam. KATHLEEN VERDUIN is Professor of English, Hope College, Michigan. Contributors: JOHN SIMONS, DAVID MATTHEWS, ALAN LUPACK, KAREN HODDER, ANDREW WAWN, MARILYNN LINCOLN BOARD, CLARE SIMMONS, ALISON MILBANK, DIANA ARCHIBALD, DAVID MILLS, RICHARD H. OSBERG |