New World Medievalisms – The Middle Ages in the American Cultural Imaginary
New World MedievalismsThe Middle Ages in the American Cultural Imaginary\nAuthor(s): Scott Corbet Riley\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: D.S. Brewer\nISBN-13: 9781843846789, 978-1843846789\nSynopsis\nExamines how the European Middle Ages has been used and received in a variety of American cultural contexts.\n\nThere is a deep-seated preoccupation in North America with the cultures of the European Middle Ages, but despite the insightful conversations that have developed between medieval and postcolonial studies, this phenomenon remains underexplored. This book considers these New World medievalisms, from the links between New World colonization and Christian crusades to the medievalisms endemic to contemporary cultural productions, such as Game of Thrones, demonstrating how European figures and narratives have functioned to rationalize Euro-American colonial efforts. \n\nEach of the chapters takes up a period of British colonial or [url].
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