Medieval Twitter

Modern Media, Literary Criticism, and Medievalism
Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-1-942401-95-7
Verlag: Amsterdam University Press

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: Arc Impact

This pioneering monograph provocatively explodes current research paradigms for the modern and the medieval by showing that Twitter shares key similarities with medieval literary forms, texts, and narrative techniques. Analyzing tweets with medieval texts, and vice versa, Spencer-Hall initiates readers into an innovative methodology of interdisciplinary literary criticism, posing vital questions about the politics of medievalism today. Chapters include brand-new readings of The Owl and the Nightingale, the Chastelaine de Vergi, and Marie de France’s Laüstic, and arresting insights into troubadour style, Margery Kempe, and #MedievalTwitter. The book culminates in a medieval(ist) reading of Twitter’s premature demise, and Elon Musk’s medievalism. Throughout, points of contact and divergence are dissected, re-contextualizing the socio-cultural meaning of communication and texts across the temporal divide.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Spencer-Hall, Alicia

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Volksglaube & Umstrittenes Wissen
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Forschungsmethodik, Wissenschaftliche Ausstattung
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction. Context Collapse

Chapter 1. A Social Manuscript

Chapter 2. #Medieval Twitter

Chapter 3. Will the Real Margery Kempe Please Stand Up?

Chapter 4. Dear Nobody: Private Publics and Public Privates

Conclusion. Larry’s Dead

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Spencer-Hall, Alicia
Alicia Spencer-Hall is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at University College London. Their research interests include medieval hagiography, gender, film, and digital culture. Her first book, Medieval Saints and Modern Screens, was published in 2018.