The Persistence of Medievalism: Narrative Adventures in Public Discourse

The New Middle Ages

by Angela Jane Weisl

This book seeks to examine the ways medieval genre shapes contemporary public culture. Through an exploration of several contemporary cultural phenomena, this book reveals the narrative underpinnings of public discourse. The ways these particular forms of storytelling shape our assumptions are examined by Angela Jane Weisl through a series of examples that demonstrate the intrinsic ways medievalism persists in the modern world, thus perpetuating archaic ideas of gender, ideology, and doctrine.

Genres: Medieval History, Medieval

287 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 2002