Affective medievalism : Love, abjection and discontent
by Thomas A. Prendergast
Title:
Affective medievalism : Love, abjection and discontent
Author:
Thomas A. Prendergast
Series (if any):
Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture
Edited by:
Stephanie Trigg
Format:
Hardback
Number of pages:
168 pages
Publisher:
Manchester University Press (P648)
ISBN-13:
9781526126863
EAN:
9781526126863
Classifications:
Literature: history and criticism
Weight (g):
442
Dimensions (mm):
146 x 222 x 14
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Price:£57.38
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Description
This book investigates the troubled relationship between medieval studies and medievalism. Acknowledging that the medieval and medievalism are mutually constitutive, and that their texts can be read using similar strategies, it argues that medieval writers offer powerful models for the ways in which contemporary desire determines the constitution of the past. This desire can not only connect us with the past but can reconnect readers in the present with the lost history of what may be called the 'medievalism of the medievals'. In other words, to come to terms with the history of the medieval is to understand that it already offers us a model of how to relate to the past.
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