Bøker i Year's Work in Medievalism-serien

The Year's Work in Medievalism, volume XXV, is based upon but not restricted to the 2010 proceedings of the annual International Conference on Medievalism, organized by the Director of Conferences for the International Society for the Study of Medievalism, Gwendolyn Morgan, and, for 2009, Dr. Pam Clements. The Year's Work in Medievalism also publishes bibliographies, book reviews, and announcements for conferences and other events.Richard Utz, Pi(o)us Medievalism vs. Catholic Modernism: The Case Of George TyrellMartha Oberle, The Legacy of the Medieval Mendicant OrdersChelsea Gunter, Mysticism and Messianism in the Poetry of Paul CelanWilliam Calin, Postcolonialism and Medievalism: How French Regional Cultures/Literatures Reshape Their Past and PresentJana K. Schulman, Retelling Old Tales: Germanic Myth and Language in Christopher Paolini's EragonArthur Russell, From English Stage to American Page: The Transatlantic Dissemination of Leonard MacNally's Robin Hood; or, Sherwood ForestGwendolyn Morgan, The Battle of Maldon in Imitative TranslationEdward L. Risden, The Battle of Maldon: A One-act Play for Readers' TheaterT.S. Miller, A Look at Some New Lays of Beowulf: The Misunderstood Monsters of Contemporary Popular MusicAspen Hougen, Debilitating Dracula: Vampire as Illness Metaphor from the Middle Ages to the Present DayPeter Johnsson, Purged by Fire: The Influence of Medieval Visionary Literature on Post-Apocalyptic Science FictionGerald Nachtwey, Unburied Corpses: The Violence of the Past in William Morris's Froissartian PoemsKarl Fugelso, Dante as Surfer Medievalism: Sandow Birk's Commedia Illustrations

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 EditorGwendolyn Morgan, Recollections of MedievalismRichard Utz, Them Philologists: Philological Practices and Their Discontents from Nietzsche to CerquigliniClare Simmons, Really Ancient Druids in British Medievalist DramaKarl Fugelso, Neomedievalisms in Tom Phillips' Commedia Illustrations Jason Fisher, Some Contributions to Middle-earth Lexicography: Hapax Legomena in The Lord of the RingsSimon Roffey, The World of Warcraft: A Medievalist PerspectiveWilliam Hodapp, Arthur, Beowulf, Robin Hood, and Hollywood's Desire for OriginsM. J. Toswell, The Arthurian Landscapes of Guy Gavriel Kay