The Year’s Work in Medievalism includes vetted essays from the Studies in Medievalism–now International Society for the Study of Medievalism–annual conference and from submissions to the editor throughout the year. The current volume includes a range of topics from medievalism in literature and art to the neomedievalism of movies and games. It includes these scholarly contributions:
E. L. Risden, Introductory Letter from the Editor
Gwendolyn Morgan, Recollections of Medievalism
Richard Utz, Them Philologists: Philological Practices and Their Discontents from Nietzsche to Cerquiglini
Clare Simmons, Really Ancient Druids in British Medievalist Drama
Karl Fugelso, Neomedievalisms in Tom Phillips’ Commedia Illustrations
Jason Fisher, Some Contributions to Middle-earth Lexicography: Hapax Legomena in The Lord of the Rings
Simon Roffey, The World of Warcraft: A Medievalist Perspective
William Hodapp, Arthur, Beowulf, Robin Hood, and Hollywood’s Desire for Origins
M. J. Toswell, The Arthurian Landscapes of Guy Gavriel Kay
About the author
E. L. Risden is Associate Professor of English at St. Norbert College, where he teaches medieval and Renaissance literature. He is the author of a dozen books, including Beasts of Time, Beowulf in Faithful Verse, Beowulf for Business, and The Heroes and the Gods.
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