Neo Victorianism And Medievalism

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004688353

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Neo-Victorianism and Medievalism by Anonim Pdf

Bringing together neo-Victorian and medievalism scholars in dialogue with each other for the first time, this collection of essays foregrounds issues common to both fields. The Victorians reimagined the medieval era and post-Victorian medievalism repurposes received nineteenth century tropes, as do neo-Victorian texts. For example, aesthetic movements such as Arts and Crafts, which looked for inspiration in the medieval era, are echoed by steampunk in its return to Victorian dress and technology. Issues of gender identity, sexuality, imperialism and nostalgia arise in both neo-Victorianism and medievalism, and analysis of such texts is enriched and expanded by the interconnections between the two fields represented in this groundbreaking collection.

Author : Joanne Parker,Corinna Wagner
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 709 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780191648274

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The Oxford Handbook of Victorian Medievalism by Joanne Parker,Corinna Wagner Pdf

In 1859, the historian Lord John Acton asserted: 'two great principles divide the world, and contend for the mastery, antiquity and the middle ages'. The influence on Victorian culture of the 'Middle Ages' (broadly understood then as the centuries between the Roman Empire and the Renaissance) was both pervasive and multi-faceted. This 'medievalism' led, for instance, to the rituals and ornament of the Medieval Catholic church being reintroduced to Anglicanism. It led to the Saxon Witan being celebrated as a prototypical representative parliament. It resulted in Viking raiders being acclaimed as the forefathers of the British navy. And it encouraged innumerable nineteenth-century men to cultivate the superlative beards we now think of as typically 'Victorian'—in an attempt to emulate their Anglo-Saxon forefathers. Different facets of medieval life, and different periods before the Renaissance, were utilized in nineteenth-century Britain for divergent political and cultural agendas. Medievalism also became a dominant mode in Victorian art and architecture, with 75 per cent of churches in England built on a Gothic rather than a classical model. And it was pervasive in a wide variety of literary forms, from translated sagas to pseudo-medieval devotional verse to triple-decker novels. Medievalism even transformed nineteenth-century domesticity: while only a minority added moats and portcullises to their homes, the medieval-style textiles produced by Morris and Co. decorated many affluent drawing rooms. The Oxford Handbook of Victorian Medievalism is the first work to examine in full the fascinating phenomenon of 'medievalism' in Victorian Britain. Covering art, architecture, religion, literature, politics, music, and social reform, the Handbook also surveys earlier forms of antiquarianism that established the groundwork for Victorian movements. In addition, this collection addresses the international context, by mapping the spread of medievalism across Europe, South America, and India, amongst other places.

Author : Joanne Parker,Corinna Wagner
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780191648267

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The Oxford Handbook of Victorian Medievalism by Joanne Parker,Corinna Wagner Pdf

In 1859, the historian Lord John Acton asserted: 'two great principles divide the world, and contend for the mastery, antiquity and the middle ages'. The influence on Victorian culture of the 'Middle Ages' (broadly understood then as the centuries between the Roman Empire and the Renaissance) was both pervasive and multi-faceted. This 'medievalism' led, for instance, to the rituals and ornament of the Medieval Catholic church being reintroduced to Anglicanism. It led to the Saxon Witan being celebrated as a prototypical representative parliament. It resulted in Viking raiders being acclaimed as the forefathers of the British navy. And it encouraged innumerable nineteenth-century men to cultivate the superlative beards we now think of as typically 'Victorian'—in an attempt to emulate their Anglo-Saxon forefathers. Different facets of medieval life, and different periods before the Renaissance, were utilized in nineteenth-century Britain for divergent political and cultural agendas. Medievalism also became a dominant mode in Victorian art and architecture, with 75 per cent of churches in England built on a Gothic rather than a classical model. And it was pervasive in a wide variety of literary forms, from translated sagas to pseudo-medieval devotional verse to triple-decker novels. Medievalism even transformed nineteenth-century domesticity: while only a minority added moats and portcullises to their homes, the medieval-style textiles produced by Morris and Co. decorated many affluent drawing rooms. The Oxford Handbook of Victorian Medievalism is the first work to examine in full the fascinating phenomenon of 'medievalism' in Victorian Britain. Covering art, architecture, religion, literature, politics, music, and social reform, the Handbook also surveys earlier forms of antiquarianism that established the groundwork for Victorian movements. In addition, this collection addresses the international context, by mapping the spread of medievalism across Europe, South America, and India, amongst other places.

Author : J. Palmgren,L. Holloway
Publisher : Springer
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2005-06-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781403981165

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Beyond Arthurian Romances by J. Palmgren,L. Holloway Pdf

Leaving the traditional focus on Arthurian romance and Gothic tales, the essays in this collection address how the Victorians looked back to the Middle Ages to create a sense of authority for their own ideas in areas such as art, religion, gender expectations, and social services. This book will interest specialists in the Victorian period from various fields and will also be a welcome addition to any library serving substantial humanities divisions. Because of the interdisciplinary nature of the essays, this collection would be useful in a wide range of humanities classes beyond the traditional literature class.

Author : Ann Heilmann,Mark Llewellyn
Publisher : Springer
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2010-07-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780230281691

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Neo-Victorianism by Ann Heilmann,Mark Llewellyn Pdf

This field-defining book offers an interpretation of the recent figurations of neo-Victorianism published over the last ten years. Using a range of critical and cultural viewpoints, it highlights the problematic nature of this 'new' genre and its relationship to re-interpretative critical perspectives on the nineteenth century.

Author : Florence S. Boos
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-06
Category : Art, British
ISBN : 1138124788

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History and Community by Florence S. Boos Pdf

The Return to Camelot: Chivalry and the English Gentleman -- The Image of the Middle Ages in Romantic and Victorian Literature -- Bibliography of Victorian Historicism and Medievalism

Author : Karl Fugelso,Vincent Ferre,Alicia C. Montoya
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9781843844068

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Medievalism on the Margins by Karl Fugelso,Vincent Ferre,Alicia C. Montoya Pdf

Essays on the post-modern reception and interpretation of the middle ages.

Author : Clare A. Simmons
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135782795

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Medievalism and the Quest for the Real Middle Ages by Clare A. Simmons Pdf

Medievalism, the later reception of the Middle Ages, has been used by many writers, not just during the Victorian period but from the Renaissance to the present, as a means of commenting on their own societies and systems of values. Until recently, this self-interest was used to distinguish between Medievalism, a selective, often romanticised, view of the past, and medieval studies, with its quest for an authentic Middle Ages. The essays in this collection suggest that the search for knowledge of a "real" Middle Ages has always been a problematic one, and that the vitality of the vision of Medievalism is demonstrated by its constant adaption to current concerns.

Author : David Matthews
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9781843843924

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Medievalism by David Matthews Pdf

An accessibly-written survey of the origins and growth of the discipline of medievalism studies.

Author : Marie-Luise Kohlke,Christian Gutleben
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9789401208963

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Neo-Victorian Gothic by Marie-Luise Kohlke,Christian Gutleben Pdf

Preliminary Material -- The (Mis)Shapes of Neo-Victorian Gothic: Continuations, Adaptations, Transformations /Marie-Luise Kohlke and Christian Gutleben -- The Limits of Neo-Victorian History: Elizabeth Kostova's The Historian and The Swan Thieves /Andrew Smith -- Reclaiming Plots: Albert Wendt's 'Prospecting' and Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl's Ola Nā Iwi as Postcolonial Neo-Victorian Gothic /Cheryl D. Edelson -- Monsters against Empire: The Politics and Poetics of Neo-Victorian Metafiction in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen /Sebastian Domsch -- A Bodily Metaphorics of Unsettlement: Leora Farber's Dis-Location / Re-Location as Neo-Victorian Gothic /Jeanne Ellis -- Neo-Victorian Gothic and Spectral Sexuality in Colm Tóibín's The Master /Patricia Pulham -- 'Jack the Ripper' as Neo-Victorian Gothic Fiction: Twentieth-Century and Contemporary Sallies into a Late Victorian Case and Myth /Max Duperray -- Chasing the Dragon: Bangtails, Toffs, Jack and Johnny in Neo-Victorian Fiction /Sarah E. Maier -- Neo-Victorian Female Gothic: Fantasies of Self-Abjection /Marie-Luise Kohlke -- Epistemological Rupture and the Gothic Sublime in Slouching Towards Bedlam /Van Leavenworth -- Dead Words and Fatal Secrets: Rediscovering the Sensational Document in Neo-Victorian Gothic /Kym Brindle -- 'Fear is Fun and Fun is Fear': A Reflexion on Humour in Neo-Victorian Gothic /Christian Gutleben -- Contributors -- Index.

Author : Martin Ellis,Tim Barringer,Victoria Osborne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1885444478

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Victorian Radicals by Martin Ellis,Tim Barringer,Victoria Osborne Pdf

Drawn from Birmingham Museums Trust's incomparable collection of Victorian art and design, this exhibition will explore how three generations of young, rebellious artists and designers, such as Edward Burne-Jones, John Everett Millais, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, revolutionized the visual arts in Britain, engaging with and challenging the new industrial world around them.

Author : Norman Cantor
Publisher : Lutterworth Press
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780718896706

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Inventing the Middle Ages by Norman Cantor Pdf

The Middle Ages, in our cultural imagination, are besieged with ideas of wars, tournaments, plagues, saints and kings, knights, lords and ladies. In his era-defining work, Inventing the Middle Ages, Norman Cantor shows that these presuppositions are in fact constructs of the twentieth century. Through close study of the lives and works of twenty of the twentieth century's most prominent medievalists, Cantor examines how the genesis of this fantasy arose in the scholars' spiritual and emotional outlooks, which influenced their portrayals of the Middle Ages. In the course of this vigorous scrutiny of their scholarship, he navigates the strong personalities and creative minds involved with deft skill. Written with both students and the general public in mind, Inventing the Middle Ages provided an alternative framework for the teaching of the humanities. Revealing the interconnection between medieval civilisation, the culture of the twentieth century and our own assumptions, Cantor provides a unique standpoint both forwards and backwards. As lively and engaging today as when it was first published in 1991, his analysis offers readers the core essentials of the subject in an entertaining and humorous fashion.

Author : Anna Maria Jones,Rebecca N. Mitchell
Publisher : Ohio University Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780821445877

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Drawing on the Victorians by Anna Maria Jones,Rebecca N. Mitchell Pdf

Late nineteenth-century Britain experienced an unprecedented explosion of visual print culture and a simultaneous rise in literacy across social classes. New printing technologies facilitated quick and cheap dissemination of images—illustrated books, periodicals, cartoons, comics, and ephemera—to a mass readership. This Victorian visual turn prefigured the present-day impact of the Internet on how images are produced and shared, both driving and reflecting the visual culture of its time. From this starting point, Drawing on the Victorians sets out to explore the relationship between Victorian graphic texts and today’s steampunk, manga, and other neo-Victorian genres that emulate and reinterpret their predecessors. Neo-Victorianism is a flourishing worldwide phenomenon, but one whose relationship with the texts from which it takes its inspiration remains underexplored. In this collection, scholars from literary studies, cultural studies, and art history consider contemporary works—Alan Moore’s League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Moto Naoko’s Lady Victorian, and Edward Gorey’s Gashlycrumb Tinies, among others—alongside their antecedents, from Punch’s 1897 Jubilee issue to Alice in Wonderland and more. They build on previous work on neo-Victorianism to affirm that the past not only influences but converses with the present. Contributors: Christine Ferguson, Kate Flint, Anna Maria Jones, Linda K. Hughes, Heidi Kaufman, Brian Maidment, Rebecca N. Mitchell, Jennifer Phegley, Monika Pietrzak-Franger, Peter W. Sinnema, Jessica Straley

Author : KellyAnn Fitzpatrick
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : History
ISBN : 9781843845416

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Neomedievalism, Popular Culture, and the Academy by KellyAnn Fitzpatrick Pdf

The medieval in the modern world is here explored in a variety of media, from film and book to gaming.

Author : JOHN FOWLES
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN by JOHN FOWLES Pdf