The Middle Ages in Popular Imagination: Memory, Film and Medievalism

by Paul B. Sturtevant

Book Overview

It is often assumed that those outside of academia know very little about the Middle Ages. But the truth is not so simple. Non-specialists in fact learn a great deal from the myriad medievalisms - post-medieval imaginings of the medieval world - that pervade our everyday culture. These, like Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones, offer compelling, if not necessarily accurate, visions of the medieval world. And more, they have an impact on the popular...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1788311396
• ISBN13: 9781788311397
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 8.6"