The Shock of Medievalism

by Joan Wallach Scott and Kathleen Biddick

Book Overview

In The Shock of Medievalism Kathleen Biddick explores the nineteenth-century foundations of medieval studies as an academic discipline as well as certain unexamined contemporary consequences of these origins. By pairing debates over current academic trends and issues with innovative readings of medieval texts, Biddick exposes the presuppositions of the field of medieval studies and significantly shifts the objects of its historical inquiry.
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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822321998
• ISBN13: 9780822321996
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 9.2"