With contributions from 29 leading international scholars, this is the first single-volume guide to the appropriation of medieval texts in contemporary culture. Medieval Afterlives in Contemporary Culture covers a comprehensive range of media, including literature, film, TV, comics book adaptations, electronic media, performances, and commercial merchandise and tourism. Its lively chapters range from Spamalot to the RSC, Beowulf to Merlin, computer games to internet memes, opera to Young Adult fiction and contemporary poetry, and much more. Also included is a companion website aimed at general…mehr
With contributions from 29 leading international scholars, this is the first single-volume guide to the appropriation of medieval texts in contemporary culture. Medieval Afterlives in Contemporary Culture covers a comprehensive range of media, including literature, film, TV, comics book adaptations, electronic media, performances, and commercial merchandise and tourism. Its lively chapters range from Spamalot to the RSC, Beowulf to Merlin, computer games to internet memes, opera to Young Adult fiction and contemporary poetry, and much more. Also included is a companion website aimed at general readers, academics, and students interested in the burgeoning field of Medieval afterlives, complete with: - Further reading/weblinks - 'My favourite' guides to contemporary medieval appropriations - Images and interviews - Guide to library archives and manuscript collections - Guide to heritage collection See also our website at https://medievalafterlives.wordpress.com/.
Gail Ashton is an academic, writer and poet with research and publishing interests in medieval literature, popular culture, and poetry. Recent books include Medieval Afterlives in Popular Culture (2012), co-edited with Daniel T. Kline, 2012; Geoffrey Chaucer: a life (2011); Medieval Romance in Context (2010); and Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales (2007).
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Acknowledgements Introduction: Living Medieval Gail Ashton I: True to Life: in the performance 1.Spamalot: Lovingly Ripping Off / Ripping On the Establishment Jeff Massey and Brian Cogan 2. Medievalisms in Contemporary Opera Robert Sturges 3. Medieval religious plays in England: afterlives and new lives through performance Margaret Rogerson 4. Staging Chaucer: Mike Poulton and the Royal Shakespeare Company's Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales Sarah Peverley 5. You Can't Do This to Disney! Popular Medievalisms in the Classroom Meriem Pagès 6. Medieval Times: Tournaments and Jousting in Twenty-first Century North America Elizabeth Emery II: To Turn You On: the pleasures of texts- film, TV, gaming 7. From Anglo-Saxon to Angelina: Adapting Beowulf for Film Stewart Brookes 8. Contemporary Neomedieval Digital Gaming: An Overview of Genres Daniel T. Kline 9. Survey of 21st 'Medieval' Film Lesley Coote 10. 'Camelot must come before all else': Fantasy and family in the BBC Merlin Philippa Semper 11. Electronic Tolkien: Characterization in Film and Video Games Carol L. Robinson 12. Chaucer in a (Television) Box: The BBC Canterbury Tales (2003) Kathleen Coyne Kelly III: More Than This: reimagings and reappropriations 13. Global Chaucers Candace Barrington and Jonathan Hsy 14. Silence in the Library?-Medievalist Poetry Shout-Out Gail Ashton 15. Coming of Age in the Middle Ages: The Quest for Identity in Medieval Novels for Young Adults Angela Jane Weisl 16. Australian Medievalism: Time and Paradox Louise D'Arcens 17. Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe as Contemporary Cult Figures Fiona Tolhurst 18. Conjuring the Ghosts of Camelot: Tintagel and the Medievalism of Heritage Tourism Laurie A. Finke and Susan Aronstein IV: Avalon:icons and artefacts 19. Medievalism and Heroism in Arthurian Literature for Young People Ann F. Howey 20. New Age and Neopagan Medievalisms Karolyn Kinane 21. 21st-Century Templar Cory James Rushton 22. Malory's Afterlives in Contemporary Culture Raluca L. Radulescu 23. 'We Are Robin Hood': The Outlaw Tradition in Contemporary Popular Culture Rob Gossedge 24. Harry Potter and Medievalism Renée Ward V: The Space Between: new media and fandom 25. Social Networking, Participatory Culture, and the Fandom World of Harry Potter Amanda K. Allen 26. 'Nightcrawler's Inferno' and other Hellish Tales: Comics Adaptations of Dante Jason Tondro 27. From Camelot to Kaamelott: The Arthurian Legend in British, American and French Comics Daniel Nastali 28. Afterlives of Medieval Manuscripts Wendy Scase 29. Medieval Memes Maggie M. Williams and Lauren C. Razzore Notes on Contributors Select Bibliography Index
Acknowledgements Introduction: Living Medieval Gail Ashton I: True to Life: in the performance 1.Spamalot: Lovingly Ripping Off / Ripping On the Establishment Jeff Massey and Brian Cogan 2. Medievalisms in Contemporary Opera Robert Sturges 3. Medieval religious plays in England: afterlives and new lives through performance Margaret Rogerson 4. Staging Chaucer: Mike Poulton and the Royal Shakespeare Company's Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales Sarah Peverley 5. You Can't Do This to Disney! Popular Medievalisms in the Classroom Meriem Pagès 6. Medieval Times: Tournaments and Jousting in Twenty-first Century North America Elizabeth Emery II: To Turn You On: the pleasures of texts- film, TV, gaming 7. From Anglo-Saxon to Angelina: Adapting Beowulf for Film Stewart Brookes 8. Contemporary Neomedieval Digital Gaming: An Overview of Genres Daniel T. Kline 9. Survey of 21st 'Medieval' Film Lesley Coote 10. 'Camelot must come before all else': Fantasy and family in the BBC Merlin Philippa Semper 11. Electronic Tolkien: Characterization in Film and Video Games Carol L. Robinson 12. Chaucer in a (Television) Box: The BBC Canterbury Tales (2003) Kathleen Coyne Kelly III: More Than This: reimagings and reappropriations 13. Global Chaucers Candace Barrington and Jonathan Hsy 14. Silence in the Library?-Medievalist Poetry Shout-Out Gail Ashton 15. Coming of Age in the Middle Ages: The Quest for Identity in Medieval Novels for Young Adults Angela Jane Weisl 16. Australian Medievalism: Time and Paradox Louise D'Arcens 17. Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe as Contemporary Cult Figures Fiona Tolhurst 18. Conjuring the Ghosts of Camelot: Tintagel and the Medievalism of Heritage Tourism Laurie A. Finke and Susan Aronstein IV: Avalon:icons and artefacts 19. Medievalism and Heroism in Arthurian Literature for Young People Ann F. Howey 20. New Age and Neopagan Medievalisms Karolyn Kinane 21. 21st-Century Templar Cory James Rushton 22. Malory's Afterlives in Contemporary Culture Raluca L. Radulescu 23. 'We Are Robin Hood': The Outlaw Tradition in Contemporary Popular Culture Rob Gossedge 24. Harry Potter and Medievalism Renée Ward V: The Space Between: new media and fandom 25. Social Networking, Participatory Culture, and the Fandom World of Harry Potter Amanda K. Allen 26. 'Nightcrawler's Inferno' and other Hellish Tales: Comics Adaptations of Dante Jason Tondro 27. From Camelot to Kaamelott: The Arthurian Legend in British, American and French Comics Daniel Nastali 28. Afterlives of Medieval Manuscripts Wendy Scase 29. Medieval Memes Maggie M. Williams and Lauren C. Razzore Notes on Contributors Select Bibliography Index
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