Canada has a deep layer of medievalism embedded in its architecture, governance structures, and sociocultural bedrock. This volume distinguishes between Canadian medievalism and its closest neighbours, British and American medievalism, and argues that the ignored or unnoticed medievalism of English Canada derives from its foundation by United Empire Loyalists escaping to the north in the late eighteenth century.
The book considers particular literary and cultural expressions of medievalism—including Gothic architecture, heraldry, ice hockey, and Samuel de Champlain’s lost astrolabe; and the work of Guy Gavriel Kay, Earle Birney, Robertson Davies, Louise Penny, Alice Munro, Margaret Atwood, and George Longmore—arguing that medievalism remains a potent force in Canadian national identity.
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Bibliographische Angaben
Auflage
1/2025
Copyrightjahr
2025
ISBN-Print
978-1-80270-267-5
ISBN-Online
978-1-80270-369-6
ePub ISBN
9781802703689
Verlag
Arc Humanities Press, Yorkshire
Reihe
Arc Medievalist
Sprache
Englisch
Seiten
272
Produkttyp
Monographie
Inhaltsverzeichnis
KapitelSeiten
Contents Kein Zugriff
List of Illustrations Kein Zugriff
Preface and Acknowledgements Kein Zugriff
Introduction Kein Zugriff Seiten 1 - 24
Chapter 1. Four Case Studies in Material Culture Kein Zugriff Seiten 25 - 62
Chapter 2. Roots and Branches: Medievalism, Scholarship, History Kein Zugriff Seiten 63 - 88
Chapter 3. Guy Gavriel Kay: Historical Fantasy Kein Zugriff Seiten 89 - 124
Chapter 4. Two Twentieth-Century Titans: Earle Birney and Robertson Davies Kein Zugriff Seiten 125 - 168
Chapter 5. Translations of Beowulf Kein Zugriff Seiten 169 - 210
Chapter 6. The Medieval Modern in Canada Today Kein Zugriff Seiten 211 - 244
