From medievalism to early-modernism : adapting the English past / edited by Marina Gerzić and Aidan Norrie.
"From Medievalism to Early Modernism: Adapting the English Past is a collection of essays that both analyses the historical and cultural medieval and early modern past, and engages with the medievalism and early modernism--a new term introduced in this collection--present in contemporary popula...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Routledge,
2019.
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| Series: | Routledge studies in medieval literature and culture ;
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| Summary: | "From Medievalism to Early Modernism: Adapting the English Past is a collection of essays that both analyses the historical and cultural medieval and early modern past, and engages with the medievalism and early modernism--a new term introduced in this collection--present in contemporary popular culture. By focusing on often overlooked uses of the past in contemporary culture--such as the allusions to John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi (1623) in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books, and the impact of intertextual references and internet fandom on the BBC's The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses--the contributors illustrate how cinematic, televisual, artistic, and literary depictions of the historical and cultural past not only re-purpose the past in varying ways, but also build on a history of adaptations that audiences have come to know and expect. From Medievalism to Early Modernism: Adapting the English Past analyses the way that the medieval and early modern periods are used in modern adaptations, and how these adaptations both reflect contemporary concerns, and engage with a history of intertextuality and intervisuality"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780429400544 0429400543 9780429683015 0429683014 9780429683008 0429683006 9780429682995 0429682999 |