Studies in Medievalism VI

Fifteen essays trace North America's enthusiastic engagement with the middle ages from the Revolution to Disney. There are eight studies of the American reception of Arthur: in art [Abbey Rosenthal] literature [Canadian writers John Ciardi] scholarship [R. S. Loomis] politics [JFK] and popular culture [Arthurian youth groups Disneyland the Excalibur Casino]. Other topics include Tom Paine Elbertus Hubbard Edgar Rice Burroughs C. B. DeMille popular treatments of Villon the roots of the New Mexican 'cuento' and the rhetoric of the Gulf War. Contributors: ROGER WOOD KYMBERLEY N. PINDER ERICA E. HIRSHLER ALAN LUPACK CHARLOTTE OBERG RAYMOND H. THOMPSON STAN GALLOWAY ROBIN BLAETZ ROBERT D. PECKHAM JEFF RIDER KLAUS P. JANKOFSKY MARY MORSE PAMELA S. MORGAN SUSAN ARONSTEIN NANCY COINER JONATHAN M. ELUKIN