Classicism, orientalism, and medievalism are the three chief discourses through which western civilizations have constructed identities. New york and basingstoke, eng pal grave macmillan, 2005. Medievalism the creative interpretation or recreation of the european middle ages has had a major presence in the cultural memory of the modern west, and has grown in scale to become a global phenomenon. Medievalism and empire at the worlds fairs, studies in medieval literature, language and culture. By examining sources in cultural history, literature, and architecture, this book reveals mutual influences evident in the development of the current conception of the middle. He is the author of four books, style and consciousness in middle english narrative 1983, chaucerian theatricality 1990, both published by princeton university press.
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