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Explores the nineteenth-century foundations of medieval studies as an academic discipline as well as certain unexamined contemporary consequences of these origins. This title exposes the presuppositions of the field of medieval studies and significantly shifts the objects of its historical inquiry.

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“Biddick injects the reflexivity of postmodern critics into a field that clings to traditional notions of historiography and history, demonstrating that it is possible to read differently and with wonderful results: these essays are original and imaginative readings that open up whole new ways of understanding how history might be written.”—Joan Scott, Institute for Advanced Study
“Deeply researched, imaginative, nimble, and energetic. . . . The Shock of Medievalism is an innovative project that cuts across several disciplines whose borders are not usually breached, and does so in sophisticated and profound ways.”—Carolyn Dinshaw, University of California at Berkeley

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      Publisher: Duke University Press
      Publication Date: 31/08/1998
      ISBN13: 9780822321828, 978-0822321828
      ISBN10: 0822321823
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Explores the nineteenth-century foundations of medieval studies as an academic discipline as well as certain unexamined contemporary consequences of these origins. This title exposes the presuppositions of the field of medieval studies and significantly shifts the objects of its historical inquiry.

      Trade Review
      “Biddick injects the reflexivity of postmodern critics into a field that clings to traditional notions of historiography and history, demonstrating that it is possible to read differently and with wonderful results: these essays are original and imaginative readings that open up whole new ways of understanding how history might be written.”—Joan Scott, Institute for Advanced Study
      “Deeply researched, imaginative, nimble, and energetic. . . . The Shock of Medievalism is an innovative project that cuts across several disciplines whose borders are not usually breached, and does so in sophisticated and profound ways.”—Carolyn Dinshaw, University of California at Berkeley

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