The discipline of medievalism has produced a great deal of scholarship acknowledging the "makers" of the Middle Ages: those who re-discovered the period from 500 to 1500 by engaging with its cultural works, seeking inspiration from them, or fantasizing about them. Yet such approaches - organized by time period, geography, or theme - often lack an overarching critical framework. This volume aims to provide such a framework, by calling into question the problematic yet commonly accepted vocabulary used in Medievalism Studies. The contributions, by leading scholars in the field, define and exemplify in a lively and accessible style the essential terms used when speaking of the later reception of medieval culture.
Author(s): Elizabeth Emery, Richard Utz (eds.)
Series: Medievalism, 5
Publisher: D. S. Brewer
Year: 2014
Language: English
Pages: 296
City: Cambridge
List of Illustrations ix
List of Contributors xi
Making Medievalism: A Critical Overview / Elizabeth Emery and Richard Utz 1
1. Archive / Matthew Fisher 11
2. Authenticity / Pam Clements 19
3. Authority / Gwendolyn Morgan 27
4. Christianity / William C. Calin 35
5. Co-disciplinarity / Jonathan Hsy 43
6. Continuity / Karl Fugelso 53
7. Feast / Martha Carlin 63
8. Genealogy / Zrinka Stahuljak 71
9. Gesture / Carol L. Robinson 79
10. Gothic / Kevin D. Murphy and Lisa Reilly 87
11. Heresy / Nadia Margolis 97
12. Humor / Clare A. Simmons 109
13. Lingua / M. J. Toswell 117
14. Love / Juanita Feros Ruys 125
15. Memory / Vincent Ferré 133
16. Middle / David Matthews 141
17. Modernity / Tom Shippey 149
18. Monument / E. L. Risden 157
19. Myth / Martin Arnold 165
20. Play / Kevin Moberly and Brent Moberly 173
21. Presentism / Louise D’Arcens 181
22. Primitive / Laura Morowitz 189
23. Purity / Amy S. Kaufman 199
24. Reenactment / Michael A. Cramer 207
25. Resonance / Nils Holger Petersen 215
26. Simulacrum / Lauryn S. Mayer 223
27. Spectacle / Angela Jane Weisl 231
28. Transfer / Nadia Altschul 239
29. Trauma / Kathleen Biddick 247
30. Troubadour / Elizabeth Fay 255
Index 265
