The Post-Historical Middle Ages |
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| Editor:
| Scala, Elizabeth
Federico, Sylvia
Loparo, Kenneth A. |
| Author:
| Scala, Elizabeth
Federico, Sylvia |
| Series title: | The New Middle Ages Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-230-60787-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2009 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $171.95 |
Book Description:
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This collection of original essays repositions medieval literary studies after an era of historicism. Analyzing the legacy of Marxist and materialist theory on medieval literary criticism, the collection offers new ways of reading texts historically. Drawing upon aesthetic, ethical, and cultural vantage points and methods, these essays demonstrate that a variety of approaches and theories are "historical" and can change what it means to historicize medieval literature. By defining our...
More DescriptionThis collection of original essays repositions medieval literary studies after an era of historicism. Analyzing the legacy of Marxist and materialist theory on medieval literary criticism, the collection offers new ways of reading texts historically. Drawing upon aesthetic, ethical, and cultural vantage points and methods, these essays demonstrate that a variety of approaches and theories are "historical" and can change what it means to historicize medieval literature. By defining our post-historical moment in medieval English literary studies in terms of new possibilities, this collection will have broad appeal to those interested in the English Middle Ages, history, culture, and reading itself.