{"product_id":"thinking-of-the-medieval-midcentury-intellectuals-and-the-middle-ages-paperback-softback-9781108748766","title":"Thinking of the Medieval; Midcentury Intellectuals and the Middle Ages (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108748766","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThinking of the Medieval\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMidcentury Intellectuals and the Middle Ages\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book examines how mid-twentieth-century intellectuals' engagement with the Middle Ages shaped politics, art, and history.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBenjamin A. Saltzman (Edited by), R. D. Perry (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108748766, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 March 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e360 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.521 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'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\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: Directions of Thought – The Middle Ages at the Mid-century R. D. Perry and Benjamin A. Saltzman\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Politics: 1. Outside History: Fanon's Negative Manicheism D. Vance Smith\u003cbr\u003e 2. 'The noblest blood God ever made': W. E. B. Du Bois's Medievalism in the Contexts of the World Wars Cord J. Whitaker\u003cbr\u003e 3. Ernst Kantorowicz, Carl Schmitt, and the University of California Regents Nancy van Deusen\u003cbr\u003e 4. Hannah Arendt's Middle Ages for the Left R. D. Perry\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Arts: 5. Curtius and Jung: Commonplaces, Archetypes, and Literature's Collective Unconscious Emily V. Thornbury\u003cbr\u003e 6. Old English at the Midcentury: Poetry, Scholarship, and Fiction in Britain in the 1940s and 1950s Clare A. Lees\u003cbr\u003e 7. Erwin Panofsky's Neo-Kantian Humanism and the Purported Relation between Gothic Architecture and Scholasticism C. Oliver O'Donnell\u003cbr\u003e 8. 'Are women human?': Authority, Gender, and Dante in Dorothy L. Sayers's Scholarship Helen Brookman\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Epochs: 9. Periodization Trouble: Auerbach, Huizinga, and the Question of Medieval Realism Jane O. Newman\u003cbr\u003e 10. Medieval Mysticism and the Making of Simone Weil Anna Kelner\u003cbr\u003e 11. Hermeneutics and the Medieval Horizon: Zumthor, Jauss, Barthes, and Gadamer Benjamin A. Saltzman\u003cbr\u003e Afterword Martin Jay\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20classical,%20early%20\u0026amp;%20medieval%20%5BDSBB%5D%22\"\u003eDSBB\u003c\/a\u003e], Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature:%20history%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDS%5D%22\"\u003eDS\u003c\/a\u003e], Literature \u0026amp; literary studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature \u0026amp; literary studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature%20\u0026amp;%20literary%20studies%20%5BD%5D%22\"\u003eD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52509182296344,"sku":"9781108748766","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781108748766i.jpg?v=1786496592","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/thinking-of-the-medieval-midcentury-intellectuals-and-the-middle-ages-paperback-softback-9781108748766","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}