Overview

The mid-twentieth century gave rise to a rich array of new approaches to the study of the Middle Ages by both professional medievalists and those more well-known from other pursuits, many of whom continue to exert their influence over politics, art, and history today. Attending to the work of a diverse and transnational group of intellectuals – Hannah Arendt, Erich Auerbach, W. E. B. Du Bois, Frantz Fanon, Erwin Panofsky, Simone Weil, among others – the essays in this volume shed light on these thinkers in relation to one another and on the persistence of their legacies in our own time. This interdisciplinary collection gives us a fuller and clearer sense of how these figures made some of their most enduring contributions with medieval culture in mind. Thinking of the Medieval is a timely reminder of just how vital the Middle Ages have been in shaping modern thought.

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Author:   Benjamin A. Saltzman (University of Chicago) ,  R. D. Perry (University of Denver)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.700kg
ISBN:  

9781108478960

ISBN 10:   1108478964
Pages:   290
Publication Date:   13 October 2022
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Directions of Thought – The Middle Ages at the Mid-century R. D. Perry and Benjamin A. Saltzman; Part I. Politics: 1. Outside History: Fanon's Negative Manicheism D. Vance Smith; 2. 'The noblest blood God ever made': W. E. B. Du Bois's Medievalism in the Contexts of the World Wars Cord J. Whitaker; 3. Ernst Kantorowicz, Carl Schmitt, and the University of California Regents Nancy van Deusen; 4. Hannah Arendt's Middle Ages for the Left R. D. Perry; Part II. Arts: 5. Curtius and Jung: Commonplaces, Archetypes, and Literature's Collective Unconscious Emily V. Thornbury; 6. Old English at the Midcentury: Poetry, Scholarship, and Fiction in Britain in the 1940s and 1950s Clare A. Lees; 7. Erwin Panofsky's Neo-Kantian Humanism and the Purported Relation between Gothic Architecture and Scholasticism C. Oliver O'Donnell; 8. 'Are women human?': Authority, Gender, and Dante in Dorothy L. Sayers's Scholarship Helen Brookman; Part III. Epochs: 9. Periodization Trouble: Auerbach, Huizinga, and the Question of Medieval Realism Jane O. Newman; 10. Medieval Mysticism and the Making of Simone Weil Anna Kelner; 11. Hermeneutics and the Medieval Horizon: Zumthor, Jauss, Barthes, and Gadamer Benjamin A. Saltzman; Afterword Martin Jay; Bibliography; Index.

Reviews

'This fascinating volume promises to make a valuable intervention in medieval studies and a rich and challenging contribution to our understanding of the life of the Middle Ages in modernity.' Josh Davies, King's College London

Author Information

Benjamin A. Saltzman is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Chicago. R. D. Perry is Assistant Professor, Department of English and Literary Arts, University of Denver.

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