Medieval afterlives in popular culture
By: by Gail Ashton and Dan Kline
Contributors: Kline, Daniel T.
Series: New Middle Ages series
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9780230337343
Subjects: Medievalism in literature; History in popular culture; Influence; Medieval Civilization; Middle Ages in motion pictures
Description: Drawing from an eclectic mix of scholars from the US, UK, and Australia, "Medieval Afterlives in Popular Culture" examines the persistence of medieval themes, characters, and situations in a variety of media from reality television to Virginia Woolf, from Arthurian film to Disney animation, from Shrek to historical fantasy. Each essay demonstrates that the Middle Ages are not relegated to a static past but continue to fashion a vital presence in contemporary popular culture, changing our assumptions about the flow of history and the creation of the present.