Beyond Arthurian Romances The Reach of Victorian Medievalism

Name: Beyond Arthurian Romances The Reach of Victorian Medievalism
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ISBN: 9781403967350

ISBN-10: 1403967350

ISBN-13: 9781403967350

Edition: 2005

Authors: Jennifer Palmgren, Lorretta M. Holloway

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Leaving the traditional focus on Arthurian romance & Gothic tales, this volume explores how Victorians looked back on the Middle Ages to create a sense of authority over their own ideas in areas such as art, religion, gender expectations & social services.

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List price: $110.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date: 6/4/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English




The New/Old Framework for Female Vocation


Where Medieval Romance Meets Victorian Reality: The "Woman Question" in William Morris's "The Wood Beyond the World"



Lessons from the Medieval Convent: Adelaide Proctor's "A Legend of Provence"




Community: Development and Responsibility


Norse Fatalism and Victorian Mourning in Matthew Arnold's "Balder Dead"



Designing Spaces of Inclusion: Victorian Medievalism and the Creation of Community




The Role of The Artist


"The Worship of Courage": William Morris's "Sigurd and Volsung" and Victorian Medievalism



What's Wrong with Raphael? The Pre-Raphaelite Critique of High Renaissance Painting and Affirmation of Medieval Painting




Models for Faith and Authority


Counter-Medievalism: Or Protestants Rewrite the Middle Ages




Victorian Popular Culture


Charlotte Yonge's Victorian Normans in The Little Duke



Victorian Medieval Performance



Deconstructing the Knight in Shining Armor: The Disillusionment of the Turn of the Century