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Though manifestations of play represent a burgeoning subject area in the study of post-medieval responses to the Middle Ages, they have not always received the respect and attention they deserve. This volume seeks to correct those deficiencies.
List of contents
Preface - Karl Fugelso
I: Medievalism in Play
Sexual Play and Medievalism: Alice Munro's "The Beggar Maid" - M. J. Toswell
Spoiling the Sport, Upping the Ante, and Calling His Bluff: Why St. Winifred Appears in David Lowery's 2021 Film
The Green Knight - Kevin J. Harty
"My guise doth not incur thy trust": Translating English Medievalism and Archaism to and from Japanese in a Video Game Context - Jacob W. Runner
"Boy, what do those runes say?": Runic Play in Norse-Themed Digital Games - Tom Birkett
Middle (Ages) Managers:
Crusader Kings III as Medievalist Managerialism - Andrew Baerg
"Castles are like possessions: merely temporary!": Neomedieval Architectural Praxis in
Stronghold: Crusader II - Kevin Moberly and Brent Moberly
II: Other Responses to Medievalism
George R. R. Martin's "Muscular Medievalism" in A Game of Thrones: Masculinity, Violence, and Fantasy - Steven Bruso
Big Sword-in-the-Stone Energy: Queering the Arthurian Romance Pattern in She-Ra and the Princesses of Power - Jessica Stanley
Interspecies Embodiment of Dis/Ability in How to Train Your Dragon - Leah Haught
Fenian Medievalisms, from Imperialist to Insurrectionist: Reimagining the Fenian Cycle and the Future of Ireland, 1878-1916 - Vanessa K. Iacocca
Medievalism and the Old South: Metaphors and References in the Works of Poets of the Confederacy - Michel Aaij
From Holy Lance to Covid-19 Syringe: Benjamin Netanyahu as Curator and Saint - Galit Noga-Banai
Summary
Though manifestations of play represent a burgeoning subject area in the study of post-medieval responses to the Middle Ages, they have not always received the respect and attention they deserve. This volume seeks to correct those deficiencies.
