First exploration of Jarman's engagement with the medieval, revealing its importance to his work.
Alicia Montoya shows how, in order to understand the aesthetic and intellectual transformations that marked modernity, it is essential to examine how this period conceived of the past, and particularly those 'Dark Ages' that served as the defining foil for the modern Age of Ligh…
Alicia Montoya shows how, in order to understand the aesthetic and intellectual transformations that marked modernity, it is essential to examine how this period conceived of the past, and particularly those 'Dark Ages' that served as the defining foil for the modern Age of Ligh…
Comic medievalism: laughing at the Middle Ages
The role of laughter and humour in the postmedieval citation, interpretation or recreation of the middle ages has hitherto received little attention, a gap in scholarship which this book aims to fill. Examining a wide range of comic texts and practices across several centuries, …
Comic medievalism: laughing at the Middle Ages