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De Gruyter Brill Medieval & Early Modern Studies

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Academic books, journals and news from the Medieval and Early Modern Studies department at De Gruyter Brill @degruyterbrill.bsky.social. Posts by our editors.

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Medieval Institute Publications@mip-medpub.bsky.social · 2w ago

Our penultimate recommendation is Frederika Elizabeth Bain's "Dismemberment in the Medieval and Early Modern English Imaginary: The Performance of Difference." This study argues that representations and instances of bodily fragmentation illustrated and performed acts of exclusion and inclusion, 1/2

Cover of "Dismemberment in the Medieval and Early Modern Imaginary." Next to the cover is the Table of Contents reading: Introduction: Attending to Bodies The Symbolic Body and the Performance of Dismemberment Gendered Dismemberments Animals of Dismemberment The Anguish of the Dismemberer: Executioners and Others Coda: After Dismemberment
Medieval Institute Publications@mip-medpub.bsky.social · 3w ago

This week, we recommend Christine Schott's "Canon Fanfiction." This book offers a study of novelizations based on Classical, medieval, and Renaissance literature and suggests ways in which such “literary fanfiction” can be harnessed in the classroom. By responding in kind to literature 1/2

Cover of "Canon Fanfiction." Next to the cover is the Table of Contents, reading: Introduction: To the Teacher Chapter 1. Canon Fanfiction: Theory and Practice Chapter 2. Fix-It Lit: Examples from Published Works Chapter 3. A Case Study: Writing Disability and Intersectionality in Medieval Literature Conclusion: Inhabiting the Past Appendix: Teaching Resources
Medieval Institute Publications@mip-medpub.bsky.social · last mo.

As we close out Pride Month, we recommend "Medieval Futurity: Essays for the Future of a Queer Medieval Studies" edited by Will Rogers and Christopher Michael Roman. While Pride Month may be ending, queer medieval studies continues all year, and this title is an excellent foundation for that work.

Cover of "Medieval Futurity" set in a frame featuring the colors of the transgender pride flag, the intersex pride flag, and the progress pride flag. Pink hyacinth and lavender are in the background. Text reading: This collection of essays asks contributors to take the capaciousness of the word "queer" to heart in order to think about what medieval queers would have looked like and how they may have existed on the margins and borders of dominant, normative sexuality and desire. The contributors work with recent trends in queer medieval studies, blending together modern concepts of sexuality and desire with the queer configurations of eroticism, desire, and materiality as they might have existed for medieval audiences.