Medievalism : The Middle Ages in Modern England
ISBN: 9780300229554
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Yale University Press
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Subjects: History;

Now reissued in an updated paperback edition, this groundbreaking account of the Medieval Revival movement examines the ways in which the style of the medieval period was re-established in post-Enlightenment England--from Walpole and Scott, Pugin, Ruskin, and Tennyson to Pound, Tolkien, and Rowling.

" Medievalism . . . takes a panoramic view of the 'recovery' of the Medieval in English literature, visual arts and culture. . . . Ambitious, sweeping, sometimes idiosyncratic, but always interesting."--Rosemary Ashton, Times Literary Supplement

"Deeply researched and stylishly written, Medievalism is an unalloyed delight that will instruct and amuse a wide readership."--Edward Short, Books & Culture

Michael Alexander held the chair of English at St. Andrews University. His many books include A History of English Literature and Reading Shakespeare.

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