Studies in Medievalism VI: Medievalism in North America

Fifteen essays trace North America's enthusiastic engagement with the middle ages from the Revolution to Disney. There are eight studies of the American reception of Arthur: in art Abbey, Rosenthal], literature Canadian writers, John Ciardi], scholarship R. S. Loomis], politics JFK], and popular culture Arthurian youth groups, Disneyland, the Excalibur Casino]. Other topics include Tom Paine, Elbertus Hubbard, Edgar Rice Burroughs, C. B. DeMille, popular treatments of Villon, the roots of the New Mexican 'cuento', and the rhetoric of the Gulf War. Contributors: ROGER WOOD, KYMBERLEY N. PINDER, ERICA E. HIRSHLER, ALAN LUPACK, CHARLOTTE OBERG, RAYMOND H. THOMPSON, STAN GALLOWAY, ROBIN BLAETZ, ROBERT D. PECKHAM, JEFF RIDER, KLAUS P. JANKOFSKY, MARY MORSE, PAMELA S. MORGAN, SUSAN ARONSTEIN, NANCY COINER, JONATHAN M. ELUKIN

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0859914178
• ISBN13: 9780859914178
• Release Date: November 1994
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.2" x 6.3"