Studies in Medievalism XX: Defining Neomedievalism(s) II (Studies in Medievalism)

An engagement with the huge growth in neomedievalism forms the core of this volume, with other essays testing its conclusions.Following on from previous issues, this volume continues to explore definitions of neomedievalism and its relationship to traditional medievalism. In four essays that open the volume, Harry Brown, KellyAnn Fitzpatrick, David W. Marshall, and Nils Holger Petersen underscore the elusive nature of distinctions between the two fields, particularly when assessing contemporary film, music, and electronic media. Seven articles then test the need for these distinctions, on subject matter ranging from Sir Walter Scott as a historian; M. E. Braddon's gendered medievalism; friendship models in Mary Elizabeth Haweis's Chaucer for Children; Jorge Luis Borges's Northern interests; medieval practices in Ellis Peters's Cadfael novels; innovative exhibits at the Museum of Wolframs-Eschenbach; and Celtic patterns in modern tattoos. Theory and practice are thus juxtaposed once again in a volume that is certain to fuel a central debate in not one but two of the fastest growing areas of academia. Contributors: Harry Brown, KellyAnn Fitzpatrick, David W. Marshall, Nils Holger Petersen, Mark B. Spencer, Megan L. Morris, Karla Knutson, Vladimir Brljak, Alan T. Gaylord, Alexandra Sterling-Hellenbrand, Maggie M. Williams Frontcover ......Page 1 CONTENTS ......Page 8 EDITORIAL NOTE ......Page 12 Baphomet Incorporated: A Case Study in Neomedievalism......Page 18 (Re)producing (Neo)medievalism......Page 28 Neomedievalism, Identification, and the Haze of Medievalisms......Page 38 Medieval Resurfacings, Old and New......Page 52 Quentin Durward and Louis XI: Sir Walter Scott as Historian......Page 60 Chivalric Terrors: The Gendered Perils of Medievalism in M. E. Braddon’s Lady Audley’s Secret......Page 78 “Lessons Fairer than Flowers”: Mary Eliza Haweis’s Chaucer for Children and Models of Friendship......Page 96 Borges and the North......Page 116 O Rare Ellis Peters: Two Rules for Medieval Murder......Page 146 Performing Medieval Literature and/as History: The Museum of Wolframs-Eschenbach......Page 164 Celtic Tattoos: Ancient, Medieval, and Postmodern......Page 188 NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS......Page 208 Backcover ......Page 214 Frontcover 1 CONTENTS 8 EDITORIAL NOTE 12 I: Defining Neomedievalism(s) II: Some More Perspective(s) 18 Baphomet Incorporated: A Case Study in Neomedievalism 18 (Re)producing (Neo)medievalism 28 Neomedievalism, Identification, and the Haze of Medievalisms 38 Medieval Resurfacings, Old and New 52 II: (Neo-)Medievalist Interpretations 60 Quentin Durward and Louis XI: Sir Walter Scott as Historian 60 Chivalric Terrors: The Gendered Perils of Medievalism in M. E. Braddon’s Lady Audley’s Secret 78 “Lessons Fairer than Flowers”: Mary Eliza Haweis’s Chaucer for Children and Models of Friendship 96 Borges and the North 116 O Rare Ellis Peters: Two Rules for Medieval Murder 146 Performing Medieval Literature and/as History: The Museum of Wolframs-Eschenbach 164 Celtic Tattoos: Ancient, Medieval, and Postmodern 188 NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS 208 Backcover 214 The focus on neomedievalism at the 2007 International Conference on Medievalism, in ever more sessions at the annual International Congress on Medieval Studies, and by many recent or forthcoming publications, has left little doubt that this important new area of study is here to stay, and that medievalism must come to terms with it. In response to an essay in Studies in Medievalism XVIII defining medievalism in relationship to neomedievalism, this volume therefore begins with seven essays defining neomedievalism in relationship to medievalism