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dc.contributor.authorZiolkowski, Jan M.
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-11 13:16:30
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T12:29:00Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T12:29:00Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier1000470
dc.identifierOCN: 1076657066en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/29466
dc.description.abstractThis ambitious and vivid study in six volumes explores the journey of a single, electrifying story, from its first incarnation in a medieval French poem through its prolific rebirth in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The Juggler of Notre Dame tells how an entertainer abandons the world to join a monastery, but is suspected of blasphemy after dancing his devotion before a statue of the Madonna in the crypt; he is saved when the statue, delighted by his skill, miraculously comes to life. Jan Ziolkowski tracks the poem from its medieval roots to its rediscovery in late nineteenth-century Paris, before its translation into English in Britain and the United States. The visual influence of the tale on Gothic revivalism and vice versa in America is carefully documented with lavish and inventive illustrations, and Ziolkowski concludes with an examination of the explosion of interest in The Juggler of Notre Dame in the twentieth century and its place in mass culture today. The Juggler of Notre Dame and the Medievalizing of Modernity is a rich case study for the reception of the Middle Ages in modernity. Spanning centuries and continents, the medieval period is understood through the lens of its (post)modern reception in Europe and America. Profound connections between the verbal and the visual are illustrated by a rich trove of images, including book illustrations, stained glass, postage stamps, architecture, and Christmas cards. Presented with great clarity and simplicity, Ziolkowski's work is accessible to the general reader, while its many new discoveries will be valuable to academics in such fields and disciplines as medieval studies, medievalism, philology, literary history, art history, folklore, performance studies, and reception studies.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AG The Arts: treatments and subjects::AGA History of arten_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::6 Style qualifiers::6M Styles (M)::6MB Medieval styleen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studiesen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: generalen_US
dc.subject.otherThe Juggler of Notre Dame
dc.subject.otherMiddle Ages
dc.subject.otherreception studies
dc.subject.otherModernity
dc.subject.othermedieval studies
dc.subject.othermedievalism
dc.subject.otherphilology
dc.subject.otherliterary history
dc.subject.otherart history
dc.subject.otherfolklore
dc.subject.otherperformance studies
dc.subject.otherCistercians
dc.subject.otherExemplum
dc.subject.otherLatin
dc.subject.otherMinstrel
dc.subject.otherParis
dc.titleThe Juggler of Notre Dame and the Medievalizing of Modernity
dc.title.alternativeVolume 1: The Middle Ages
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.11647/OBP.0132
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy23117811-c361-47b4-8b76-2c9b160c9a8b
oapen.relation.isbn9781783744336
oapen.collectionScholarLed
oapen.pages406
oapen.remark.publicRelevant Wikipedia pages: Cistercians - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cistercians; Exemplum - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exemplum; Latin - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin; Middle Ages - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages; Minstrel - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minstrel; Paris - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris
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