The Post-Historical Middle Ages

by Elizabeth Scala

This collection of original essays repositions medieval literary studies after an era of historicism. Analyzing the legacy of Marxist and materialist theory on medieval literary criticism, the collection offers new ways of reading texts historically. Drawing upon aesthetic, ethical, and cultural vantage points and methods, these essays demonstrate that a variety of approaches and theories are "historical" and can change what it means to historicize...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023060787X
• ISBN13: 9780230607873
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 237 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.3"