Geoffrey Chaucer Hath a Blog
Medieval Studies and New Media
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Among other treats, this book contains the key 2006–2009 postings from “Geoffrey Chaucer Hath a Blog,” a humor blog written in the voice of Chaucer in an approximation of Middle English. Publishing the blog has.....
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So long as one defines ‘successful medieval-interest blogs’ as ‘blogs read by people not typically interested in medieval things,’ Carl S. Pyrdum, III and Brantley L. Bryant are the bloggers behind what may sa...
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It may seem foolish to go looking for medieval afterlives in the work of US writer H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937), however much Lovecraft’s powerful influence over the contemporary imagination would make the task .....
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Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings films use humor to promote a deferential relationship to a hierarchical and martial Middle Ages. The films contrast humorous moments involving the hobbits Sam, Merry and Pippin w...