Contributions

  • Trigg, Stephanie. - Contributor

Publication

2005 - Brepols Publishers, Turnhout, Belgium, Belgium

Language

English

Word Count

75,500 words, Guess

Page Count

302 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-102503517021
  • ISBN-139782503517025
  • LibraryThing2953959
  • Goodreads1537940
  • Library of Congress Control Number2006382059
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCDU107 .M385 2005

Description

This collection opens up the new field of Australian medievalism: the heritage and continuing influence of medieval and gothic themes, ideas, and narratives in Australian culture. The contributors represent a range of scholarly disciplines and traditions and their subject matter includes early narrative of Australian ‘discovery’ the conscious invocation of medieval and gothic tropes in Australian fiction and poetry; the transformation of the medieval and the gothic into fantasy literature and role-playing games; and the implications of medieval and gothic tropes for discussions of Australian nationalism.

Subjects

Topics

Landscape -- AustraliaNationalism -- AustraliaMedievalism -- AustraliaMedievalism in literatureAustralia -- CivilizationAustralia -- Intellectual lifeGothic revival (Art) -- Australia

Series Statement

  • Making the Middle Ages -- v. 8

Other Editions

  • Medievalism and the Gothic in Australian cultureBrepols Publishers2005

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