{"product_id":"postmodern-artistry-in-medievalist-fiction-9781476673004","title":"Postmodern Artistry in Medievalist Fiction","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Focusing on modern-day fiction set in the Middle Ages or that incorporates medieval elements, this study examines storytelling components and rhetorical tropes in more than 60 works in five languages by more than 40 authors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Medievalist fiction got its postmodern start with such authors as Calvino, Fuentes, Carpentier and Eco. Its momentum increased since the 1990s with writers whose work has received less critical attention, like Laura Esquivel, Tariq Ali, Matthew Pearl, Matilde Asensi, Ildefonso Falcones, Andrew Davison, Bernard Cornwell, Donnal Woolfolk Cross, Ariana Franklin, Nicole Griffith, Levi Grossman, Conn Iggulden, Edward Rutherfurd, Javier Sierra, Alan Moore and Brenda Vantrease.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   The author explores a wide range of medievalizing tropes, discusses the negative responses of postmodernism and posits four hard problems in medievalist fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040437272919,"sku":"9781476673004","price":35.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476673004.jpg?v=1750946746","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/postmodern-artistry-in-medievalist-fiction-9781476673004","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}