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Book SynopsisStudies on the influence of the middle ages, and in particular the Arthurian legends, on the culture of North America.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
Table of Contents`The History Is Concisely This': Thomas Paine's Account of the Peasants' Revolt - Roger Wood The Reception of Toby E Rosenthal's Elaine: Medievalism in San Francisco - Kymberly N Pinder A Quest for the Holy Grail: Edwin Austin Abbey's Murals in the Boston Public Library - Erica Hirshler Visions of Courageous Achievement: Arthurian Youth Groups in America - Fra Elbertus and the Roycrofters: Medievalism in East Aurora - Charlotte Oberg The Arthurian Legend in Canada - Raymond H Thompson The Greystoke Connection: Medievalism in Two Edgar Rice Burroughs Novels - Stan Galloway Cecil B. DeMille's Joan the Woman - Robin Blaetz Dark Laughter in the Chambers of the King: Francois Villon in America - Robert Peckham Roger Sherman Loomis: Medievalism as Antimodernism - Jeff Rider `Launcelot in Hell': John Ciardi's Medievalism - Klaus P Jankofsky The Medieval Roots of Two New Mexican Cuentos - Mary Morse One Brief Shining Moment: Camelot in Washington, D.C. - Pamela S Morgan Medieval Language and Politics: Making the World Safe for Feudalism - Susan Aronstein Twice Knightly: Democratizing the Middle Ages for Middle-Class America - Nancy Coiner Medieval Language and Politics: Making the World Safe for Feudalism -
