Medievalism: The Middle Ages in Modern England

Author / Editor
Alexander, Michael.

Title
Medievalism: The Middle Ages in Modern England

Published
New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2007.

Physical Description
xxvii, 306 pp. 106 b&w and color illus.

Description
Alexander traces the "set of ideals" underlying English medievalism, commenting on art, architecture, politics, and religion but focusing on literature. The study contains recurrent references to Chaucer's influence, including investigation of Walter Scott's uses of Chaucer.

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion.