The Image Of The Middle Ages In Romantic And Victorian Literature

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The Image of the Middle Ages in Romantic and Victorian Literature

Author : Kevin L. Morris
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780429576164

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The Image of the Middle Ages in Romantic and Victorian Literature by Kevin L. Morris Pdf

Originally published in 1984, The Image of the Middle Ages in Romantic and Victorian Literature looks at the impact of medievalism in the 18th and 19th centuries and the importance of post-Enlightenment literary religious medievalism. The book suggests that religious medievalism was not a superficial cultural phenomenon and that the romantic spirit with which it was chronologically connected, was intimately associated with the metaphysical. The book suggests that this belief gave birth to the metaphysical yearning and cultural expression of the eighteenth and nineteenth century. The book seeks to clarify the post-Enlightenment relationship between aesthetic culture and ‘aesthetic’ religion, romanticism, medievalism and religious trends.

History and Community

Author : Florence S. Boos
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-06
Category : Art, British
ISBN : 1138124788

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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

The Oxford Handbook of Victorian Medievalism

Author : Joanne Parker,Corinna Wagner
Publisher : Oxford Handbooks
Page : 709 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199669509

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

Victorian medievalism physically transformed the streets of Britain It lay at the root of new laws and social policies It changed religious practices It deeply coloured national identities And it inspired art literature and music that remains influential to this day Sometimes driven by nostalgia but also often progressive and futurefacing this widereaching movement which reached its peak during the reign of Queen Victoria looked back to a range of different peoples and historical periods spanning a thousand years in order to inspire and vindicate cultural political and social change Medievalism was pervasive in Victorian literature with texts ranging from translated sagas to pseudomedieval devotional verse to tripledecker novels It became a dominant architectural mode transforming the English landscape with 75% of new churches built on a 'Gothic' rather than a classical model as well as museums railway stations town halls and pumping stations It was appealed to by both Whigs and Tories But it also permeated domestic life influencing the popularity of beards the naming of children and the design of homes and furniture This landmark study is an attempt to draw together for the first time every major aspect of Victorian medievalism and to examine the phenomenon from the perspective of the many disciplines to which it is relevant including intellectual history religious studies social history literary history art history and architecture Bringing together the expertise of 39 experts from different subject areas it reveals the pervasiveness and multifaceted character of the movement in the nineteenth century and explains its continuing legacy today

Women Writers and Nineteenth-Century Medievalism

Author : Clare Broome Saunders
Publisher : Springer
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2009-02-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780230618572

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Women Writers and Nineteenth-Century Medievalism by Clare Broome Saunders Pdf

Saunders uniquely explores how women poets, biographers, historians, and visual artists used medieval motifs, forms, and settings to enable them to comment more freely on controversial contemporary issues, such as war and gender roles.

Medieval Art and Architecture after the Middle Ages

Author : Alyce A. Jordan,Janet T. Marquardt
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009-01-14
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781443803984

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Medieval Art and Architecture after the Middle Ages by Alyce A. Jordan,Janet T. Marquardt Pdf

Medieval Art and Architecture after the Middle Ages explores the endurance of and nostalgia for medieval monuments through their reception in later periods, specifically illuminating the myriad ways in which tangible and imaginary artifacts of the Middle Ages have served to articulate contemporary aspirations and anxieties. The essays in this interdisciplinary collection examine the afterlife of medieval works through their preservation, restoration, appropriation, and commodification in America, Great Britain, and across Europe from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. From the evocation of metaphors and tropes, to monumental projects of restoration and recreation—medieval visual culture has had a tremendous purchase in the construction of political, religious, and cultural practices of the Modern era. The authors assembled here engage a diverse spectrum of works, from Irish ruins and a former Florentine prison to French churches and American department stores, and an equally diverse array of media ranging from architecture and manuscripts to embroidery, monumental sculpture, and metalwork. With applications not only to the study of art and architecture, but also encompassing such varied fields as commerce, city planning, education, literature, collecting and exhibition design, this copiously illustrated anthology comprises a significant contribution to the study of medieval art and medievalism.

Medievalism and the Quest for the Real Middle Ages

Author : Clare A. Simmons
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135782726

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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.

Interpreting Nightingales

Author : Jeni Williams
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1997-07-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781847141859

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Interpreting Nightingales by Jeni Williams Pdf

The poetic nightingale is so familiar it seems hardly to merit serious attention. Yet its ubiquity is significant, suggesting associations with erotic love, pathos and art that cross culture and history. This book examines the different nightingales of European literature, starting with the Greek myth of Philomela, the raped girl, silenced by having her tongue cut out, and then transformed into the bird whose name means poet, poetry and nightingale simultaneously. Moving from the classical to the Christian worlds, Jeni Williams discusses nightingales and nature in the early church and sees the emergence of the figure as an emotive emblem of the aristocracy in mediaeval vernacular debate poetry. Her final chapters use the nightingale and the myth to examine Elizabeth Barrett Browning's struggle for an active female voice in Victorian poetry.

Medieval Polities and Modern Mentalities

Author : Timothy Reuter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2006-11-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139459549

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Medieval Polities and Modern Mentalities by Timothy Reuter Pdf

This is a collection of influential and challenging essays by British medievalist Timothy Reuter, a perceptive and original thinker with extraordinary range who was equally at home in the Anglophone or German scholarly worlds. The book addresses three interconnected themes in the study of the history of the early and high Middle Ages. Firstly, historiography, the development of the modern study of the medieval past. How do our contemporary and inherited preconceptions and pre-occupations determine our view of history? Secondly, the importance of symbolic action and communication in the politics and polities of the Middle Ages. Finally, the need to avoid anachronism in our consideration of medieval politics. Throwing light both on modern mentalities and on the values and conduct of medieval people themselves, and containing articles, at time of publication, never previously been available in English, this book is essential reading for any serious scholar of medieval Europe.

Medievalism in England II

Author : Leslie J. Workman,Kathleen Verduin
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 0859914879

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Medievalism in England II by Leslie J. Workman,Kathleen Verduin Pdf

Twelve essays discuss how the middle ages are reflected in English culture from the sixteenth century to the present day.

Routledge Library Editions: Historiography

Author : Various
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 8677 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317268086

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Routledge Library Editions: Historiography by Various Pdf

The greatest problem in historical scholarship, theoretically and practically, is the relation between historians and their subject matter. The past is gone and historians can only study its remnants. On what basis do scholars select certain facts from the mass of data left from the past? How do they explain the interrelationship of the facts they select? What criteria do they use to evaluate their subject? The 35 volumes in this set, originally published between 1926 and 1990 discuss and answer these essential questions faced by historians. The development of historical understanding during the 18th and 19th centuries was one of the most striking features of Western culture. Both historiography and historical thinking advanced as never before. The historial movment of the 19th century was perhaps second only to the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century in transforming Western thought. One consequence was extensive organisation and professionalization of research, which the volumes in this set reflect.

Medievalism in A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones

Author : Shiloh Carroll
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781843844846

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Medievalism in A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones by Shiloh Carroll Pdf

One of the biggest attractions of George R.R. Martin's high fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire, and by extension its HBO television adaptation, Game of Thrones, is its claim to historical realism. The author, thedirectors and producers of the adaptation, and indeed the fans of the books and show, all lay claim to Westeros, its setting, as representative of an authentic medieval world. But how true are these claims? Is it possible to faithfully represent a time so far removed from our own in time and culture? And what does an authentic medieval fantasy world look like? This book explores Martin's and HBO's approaches to and beliefs about the Middle Ages and how those beliefs fall into traditional medievalist and fantastic literary patterns. Examining both books and programme from a range of critical approaches - medievalism theory, gender theory, queer theory, postcolonial theory, andrace theory - Dr Carroll analyzes how the drive for historical realism affects the books' and show's treatment of men, women, people of colour, sexuality, and imperialism, as well as how the author and showrunners discuss these effects outside the texts themselves. SHILOH CARROLL teaches in the writing center at Tennessee State University.

Beyond Arthurian Romances

Author : J. Palmgren,L. Holloway
Publisher : Springer
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 51,7 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.

Romantic Medievalism

Author : E. Fay
Publisher : Springer
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2001-12-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781403913616

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Romantic Medievalism by E. Fay Pdf

Nineteenth century medievalism is usually associated with Scott's world of Ivanhoe , but Romantic Medievalism argues that Scott's is a conservative use of the past and that radical poets such as the young Coleridge, Keats and Shelley used the medieval to critique and change, rather than validate, the present. These poets identified with the troubadour of courtly love, a disempowered figure often politically at odds with the establishment figure of the knight.

Popular Medievalism in Romantic-Era Britain

Author : C. Simmons
Publisher : Springer
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780230117068

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Popular Medievalism in Romantic-Era Britain by C. Simmons Pdf

Through the consideration of canonical authors such as Blake, Scott, and Wordsworth and of lesser-studied works such as radical press writings and popular drama, this study explores the imaginative appeal of the social structures and literary forms of the Middle Ages, and how they raised awareness of Britain's tradition of freedom.

History and Community

Author : Florence S. Boos
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317299523

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History and Community by Florence S. Boos Pdf

The essays in this volume, originally published in 1992, examine some of the pervasive implications of Victorian medievalism, and assess its creative manifestations and dual capacities for expression of reformist anger and escapist retreat. Some of the emotional and intllectual reasons for the strong Victorian attraction to ‘medieval’ history and litereature are discussed and emblematic responses to this attraction are examined.