The Persistence of Medievalism seeks to examine the ways medieval genre shapes contemporary public culture. Through an exploration of several contemporary cultural phenomena, this book reveals the narrative underpinnings of public discourse. The ways these particular forms of storytelling shape our assumptions are examined by Weisl through a series of examples that demonstrate the intrinsic ways medievalism persists in the modern world, thus perpetuating archaic ideas of gender, ideology, and doctrine.

Autorentext
ANGELA JANE WEISL is Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Seton Hall University.

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Introduction: The Persistence of Medievalism The Confessions of Wade Boggs, the Confessions of St. Augustine: Baseball, Sex Scandals, and Medieval Narrative Saints, Relics, and the Pilgrimage to Cooperstown Where Many Have Gone Before: The Romance of Star Trek Rexque Quondam Futurus: Star Wars and the Rebirth of Arthurian Romance Everything that's Old is New Again: Medieval Romance and the Modern Movies I Loved You from Before We Met: Desire, Teen Idols, and the Cult of Celebrity New Method, Old Madness: The Woman's Dangerous Body and the Internet Icons and Iconography: The Return of a Symbolic Visual Culture