Seminar für Englische Philologie
Universität Göttingen

HAUPTSEMINAR:
MEDIEVALISM

WS 10/11
Th 10-12, SEP 0.244 (Medienraum)
Oliver M. Traxel


BIBLIOGRAPHY

Here is a selective bibliography containing base texts for the presentations. The numbers are those of the corresponding session.

Contents:


1. General Medievalism

Cantor, N. F., Inventing the Middle Ages (New York, 1991)

Gentrup, W. F., ed., Reinventing the Middle Ages and the Renaissance: Constructions of the Medieval and Early Modern Periods (Turnhout, 1998)

Marshall, D. W., ed., Mass Market Medieval: Essays on the Middle Ages in Popular Culture (Jefferson, NC, 2007)

Simons, J., ed., From Medieval to Medievalism (New York, 1992)

Simmons, C. A., ed., Medievalism and the Quest for the "Real" Middle Ages (London, 2001)

Medievalism: an Introductory Bibliography

Medievalism and Literature: an Annotated Bibliography of Critical Studies

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2. Documentaries

Grant, B. K., ed., Documenting the Documentary: Close Readings of Documentary Film and Video (Detroit, MI, 1998)

Tobias, M., ed., The Search for 'Reality': the Art of Documentary Filmmaking (Studio City, CA, 1998)

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3. King Arthur

Fulton, H., ed., A Companion to Arthurian Literature (Oxford, 2009)

Goodman, J. R., The Legend of Arthur in British and American Literature (Boston, MA, 1988)

Sklar, E. S., and D. L. Hoffman, ed., King Arthur in Popular Culture (Jefferson, NC, 2002)

Slocum, S. K., Popular Arthurian Traditions (Bowling Green, OH, 1992)

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4. Robin Hood

Hahn, T., ed., Robin Hood in Popular Culture: Violence, Transgression, and Justice (Cambridge, 2000)

Hayes, W., The Birth of Popular Culture: Ben Jonson, Maid Marian and Robin Hood (Pittsburgh, PA, 1992)

Knight, S., ed., Robin Hood: An Anthology of Scholarship and Criticism (Cambridge, 1999)

Singman, J. L., Robin Hood: the Shaping of a Legend, Contributions to the Study of World Literature 92 (Westport, CT, 1998)

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5. BBC Canterbury Tales

Forni, K., 'Popular Chaucer: the BBC's Canterbury Tales', Parergon 25:1 (2008), 171-89

Harty, K. J., 'Chaucer for a New Millenium: the BBC Canterbury Tales', in Mass Market Medieval: Essays on the Middle Ages in Popular Culture, ed. D. W. Marshall (Jefferson, NC, 2007), pp. 13-27

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6. Movies

Aberth, J., A Knight at the Movies: Medieval History on Film (New York, 2003)

Finke, L., and M. B. Shichtman, Cinematic Illuminations: The Middle Ages on Film (Baltimore, MD, 2009)

Harty, K. J., The Reel Middle Ages: American, Western and Eastern European, Middle Eastern and Asian Films about Medieval Europe (Jefferson, NC, 1999)

Haydock, N., Movie Medievalism: The Imaginary Middle Ages (Jefferson, NC, 2008)

Kelly, A. K., Beyond Historical Accuracy: a Postmodern View of Movies and Medievalism', Perspicuitas (6 Feb 2004)

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7. J. R. R. Tolkien

Booker, C. M., 'Byte-Sized Middle Ages: Tolkien, Film, and the Digital Imagination', Comitatus: a Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies 35 (2004), 145-74

Chance, J., and D. D. Day, 'Medievalism in Tolkien: Two Decades of Criticism in Review', Studies in Medievalism 3 (1991), 375-387

Chance, J., ed., Tolkien the Medievalist, Routledge Studies in Medieval Religion and Culture 3 (London and New York, 2003)

Lee, S. and E. Solopova, ed., The Keys of Middle Earth: Discovering Medieval Literature through the Fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien (Houndmills and New York, 2005)

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8. Games

Kline, D. T., 'Virtually Medieval: The Age of Kings Interprets the Middle Ages', in Mass Market Medieval: Essays on the Middle Ages in Popular Culture, ed. D. W. Marshall (Jefferson, NC, 2007), pp. 154-170

Marshall, D. W., 'A World unto Itself: Autopoietic Systems and Secondary Worlds in Dungeons & Dragons', in Mass Market Medieval: Essays on the Middle Ages in Popular Culture, ed. D. W. Marshall (Jefferson, NC, 2007), pp. 171-185

Traxel, O. M., 'Medieval and Pseudo-Medieval Elements in Computer Role-Playing Games: Use and Interactivity', Studies in Medievalism 16 (2008), 125-42

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9. Language

Bryant, B. L., et al., Geoffrey Chaucer Hath a Blog: Medieval Studies and New Media (New York, 2010)

Görlach, M., Mac ond Mauris in Old English Rhymed and Alliterative Verse, Old English Newsletter Subsidia 19 (Kalamazoo, MI, 1992)

Görlach, M., The gestes of Mak and Morris (Heidelberg, 1981)

Hoffmann, H., Be Siwarde þam sidfeaxan: Myrge mæþelword ge lustbære licnessa, transl. into Old English by F. Kemmler (Neckarsteinach, 2010)

Hoffmann, H., Piers Dischevele: Myrie tales and gladde ymages, transl. into Middle English by W. Sauer (Neckarsteinach, 2010)

Saint-Exupéry, A. de, Be þam lytlan æþelinge, transl. into Old English by F. Kemmler (Neckarsteinach, 2010)

Saint-Exupéry, A. de, The litel prynce, transl. into Middle English by W. Sauer (Neckarsteinach, 2008)

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10. Historical Novels

Allaire, G., Modern Retellings of Chivalric Texts (Aldershot, 1999)

Barnhouse, R., Recasting the Past: the Middle Ages in Young Adult Literature (Portsmouth, NH, 2000)

Jacobs, L., 'Idealised Images of Wales in the Fiction of Edith Pargeter/Ellis Peters', in Mass Market Medieval: Essays on the Middle Ages in Popular Culture, ed. D. W. Marshall (Jefferson, NC, 2007), pp. 90-101

Modern Novels Set in the Middle Ages: List of novels in a medieval setting.

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11. Anglo-Saxonism

Clark, D., and N. Perkins, ed., Anglo-Saxon Culture and the Modern Imagination (Woodbridge, 2010)

Frantzen, A. J., and J. Niles, ed., Anglo-Saxonism and the Construction of Social Identity (Gainesville, FL, 1997)

Scragg, D., and C. Weinberg, ed., Literary Appropriations of the Anglo-Saxons from the Thirteenth to the Twentieth Century (Cambridge, 2000)

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12. Music

Adamaschek, P., Re-Soundings of the Past: Medieval Stereotypes in Modern Popular Music (forthcoming, Göttingen, 2012)

Knighton, T., and D. Fallows, ed., Companion to Medieval and Renaissance Music (Oxford, 1997)

Trafford, S., and A. Pluskowski, 'Antichrist Superstars: the Vikings in Hardrock and Heavy Metal', in Mass Market Medieval: Essays on the Middle Ages in Popular Culture, ed. D. W. Marshall (Jefferson, NC, 2007), pp. 57-73

various magazines:

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13. Fairs & Re-Enactments

Embleton, G., and J. Howe, The Medieval Soldier: 15th Century Campaign Life Recreated in Colour Photographs (London, 1994)

Spectaculum
Organizer of medieval fairs in Germany.

Histotainment Park
Living museum in Germany.

Medieval Siege Society
Largest medieval group in the UK.

Skirmish
Living History Magazine.

A Brief History of Re-Enactment
Recreating the past for live events, TV and film from EventPlan and Historical Film Services.

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