Overview

Essays exploring the intersections of politics and theory through medievalism in film, literature, gaming, and political movements. Two vital, increasingly intertwined areas of interest are addressed by this collection: politics and theory. The volume begins with a general discussion of how the Middle Ages have been particularly mediated by subsequent artifacts. The essays then address: the motivations and machinations behind Joan of Arc AI in Gregory Benford's 1989 contribution to the Time Gate anthologies; medievalist historiography in Salman Rushdie's 1983 novel Shame; medievalist identity in Rome's contemporary far-right movement; Viking imagery in and around the Make America Great Again campaign; Robin Hood avatars in mid-twentieth-century B-westerns; medievalism by the Young German Order during the 1920s and 30s; the visibility of race in David Lowery's 2021 film The Green Knight; Orientalism and race in the 1974 game Dungeons & Dragons; manifestations of Chaucer's Pardoner in Kim Zarins' 2016 novel Sometimes We Tell the Truth; gender performance and sexuality in Maria Dahvana Headley's 2020 translation of Beowulf; and the term ""Anglo-Saxon,"" particularly relative to the Ansax-1 and ANSAXNET online communities. '""Donald the Orange"": Vikings in and around the Maga Movement' is made Open Access under the Creative Commons licence CC BY-NC-ND.

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Author:   Karl Fugelso (Author) ,  Professor Daniel T Kline ,  Helen Young ,  Kevin J Harty (Contributor)
Publisher:   Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint:   D.S. Brewer
ISBN:  

9781843847823

ISBN 10:   1843847825
Pages:   246
Publication Date:   07 April 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Preface Karl Fugelso Medievalism, Reception Theory, and Media Archaeology: What is the Object of Reception? Daniel T. Kline Joan of Arc AI in Time Gate (1989): A Medieval Simulacrum in the Twenty-Second Century Scott Manning Navigating the Phantasmic: Medievalism and Mythic Historiography in Salman Rushdie's Shame Sameera Abbas Presente: Medieval Symbols and Mythic Identity in Rome's Far-Right Imaginary Martina Marzullo The Christian-Democratic Medievalism of the Young German Order Patrick James Eickman ""Donald the Orange"": Vikings in and around the Maga Movement Tom Birkett ""Back in the Saddle Again"" in Sherwood Forest: Robin Hood Avatars in Hollywood B-Westerns from the 1930s, 40s, and 50s Kevin J. Harty ""Make Merry, and Tell Me What You See"": Visibility of Race inColonialist Fantasy and David Lowery's The Green Knight (2021) Sabina Rahman From Chainmail to Tasha's Cauldron: Medievalism, Orientalism, and Race in Dungeon and Dragons Helen Young and Mat Hardy Undoing Chaucer's Pardoner in Kim Zarins' Sometimes We Tell the Truth Mohamed Karim Dhouib ""War-wedded to a woe-bringer"": Gender Performance and Queer Sexuality in Maria Dahvana Headley's Translation of Beowulf Timothy S. Miller and Teddy Valentine Ansax-l, ANSAXNET, and Anglo-Saxon: The Good, the Bad, the Weird, and the Wonderful M. J. Toswell Contributors

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HELEN YOUNG is a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Communication and Creative Arts at Deakin University, Australia where they hold an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship. M.J. TOSWELL is a Professor at theUniversity of Western Ontario.

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