Medieval Afterlives in Contemporary Culture

Gail Ashton is an academic, writer and poet with research and publishing interests in medieval literature, popular culture, and poetry. Recent books include Medieval Afterlives in Popular Culture (2012), co-edited with Daniel T. Kline, 2012; Geoffrey Chaucer: a life (2011); Medieval Romance in Context (2010); and Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales (2007).

Medieval Afterlives in Contemporary Culture represents a second masterful effort of editor Gail Ashton to grow the literature surrounding 'medievalisms' ... This makes for a serious, but enjoyable and accessible read for those both within and beyond academia.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Living MedievalGail Ashton I: True to Life: in the performance 1.Spamalot: Lovingly Ripping Off / Ripping On the Establishment Jeff Massey and Brian Cogan 2. Medievalisms in Contemporary OperaRobert Sturges 3. Medieval religious plays in England: afterlives and new lives through performanceMargaret Rogerson 4. Staging Chaucer: Mike Poulton and the Royal Shakespeare Company's Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales Sarah Peverley 5. You Can't Do This to Disney! Popular Medievalisms in the Classroom Meriem Pagès 6. Medieval Times: Tournaments and Jousting in Twenty-first Century North AmericaElizabeth Emery II: To Turn You On: the pleasures of texts- film, TV, gaming 7. From Anglo-Saxon to Angelina: Adapting Beowulf for Film Stewart Brookes 8. Contemporary Neomedieval Digital Gaming: An Overview of Genres Daniel T. Kline 9. Survey of 21st 'Medieval' Film Lesley Coote 10. 'Camelot must come before all else': Fantasy and family in the BBC Merlin Philippa Semper 11. Electronic Tolkien: Characterization in Film and Video GamesCarol L. Robinson 12. Chaucer in a (Television) Box: The BBC Canterbury Tales (2003)Kathleen Coyne Kelly III: More Than This: reimagings and reappropriations 13. Global ChaucersCandace Barrington and Jonathan Hsy 14. Silence in the Library?-Medievalist Poetry Shout-OutGail Ashton 15. Coming of Age in the Middle Ages: The Quest for Identity in Medieval Novels for Young Adults Angela Jane Weisl 16. Australian Medievalism: Time and Paradox Louise D'Arcens 17. Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe as Contemporary Cult FiguresFiona Tolhurst 18. Conjuring the Ghosts of Camelot: Tintagel and the Medievalism of Heritage Tourism Laurie A. Finke and Susan Aronstein IV: Avalon:icons and artefacts 19. Medievalism and Heroism in Arthurian Literature for Young People Ann F. Howey 20. New Age and Neopagan MedievalismsKarolyn Kinane 21. 21st-Century Templar Cory James Rushton 22. Malory's Afterlives in Contemporary CultureRaluca L. Radulescu 23. 'We Are Robin Hood': The Outlaw Tradition in Contemporary Popular Culture Rob Gossedge 24. Harry Potter and MedievalismRenée Ward V: The Space Between: new media and fandom 25. Social Networking, Participatory Culture, and the Fandom World of Harry Potter Amanda K. Allen 26. 'Nightcrawler's Inferno' and other Hellish Tales: Comics Adaptations of DanteJason Tondro 27. From Camelot to Kaamelott: The Arthurian Legend in British, American and French ComicsDaniel Nastali 28. Afterlives of Medieval Manuscripts Wendy Scase 29. Medieval Memes Maggie M. Williams and Lauren C. Razzore Notes on Contributors Select Bibliography Index