Beyond Arthurian romances; the reach of Victorian medievalism.1403967350 Beyond Arthurian romances; the reach of Victorian medievalism me·di·e·val·ism also me·di·ae·val·ism n. 1. The spirit or the body of beliefs, customs, or practices of the Middle Ages. 2. Devotion to or acceptance of the ideas of the Middle Ages. 3. . Ed. by Lorretta M. Holloway and Jennifer A. Palmgren. Palgrave Macmillan 2005 252 pages $65.00 Hardcover PR468 It has been said that Victorian artists and writers sought validation through derivation derivation, in grammar: see inflection. . In this collection of eleven interdisciplinary essays, contributors describe the traditional themes, forms and images the Victorians appropriated and the results, including Pugin's architecture, Browning's troubadour troubadour One of a class of lyric poets and poet-musicians, often of knightly rank, that flourished from the 11th through the 13th century, chiefly in Provence and other regions of southern France, northern Spain, and northern Italy. , Yonge's Normans, Arnold's Norse, Proctor's convent, Morris's northern warriors and bi-worldly women, and Swinburne's translations of Villon. Essays also address the Protestant re-writing of the medieval, Victorian medievalism as performance, and the refuting of the chivalric chi·val·ric adj. Of or relating to chivalry. Adj. 1. chivalric - characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages; "chivalric rites"; "the knightly years" knightly, medieval ideal near the close of the Victorian age Noun 1. Victorian age - a period in British history during the reign of Queen Victoria in the 19th century; her character and moral standards restored the prestige of the British monarchy but gave the era a prudish reputation . ([c] 2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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