Studies of Popular Culture and the Middle Ages

The paper by Rebecca Johnson has been withdrawn du...

2011-04-11T00:11:06.131-04:00

The paper by Rebecca Johnson has been withdrawn due to a scheduling conflict.

Because the rider on the horse looks to me like ac...

2010-11-28T23:40:10.325-05:00

Because the rider on the horse looks to me like actor (Sir) Cedric Hardwicke, who played Judge Frollo in the 1939 RKO version of "Hunchback", I am guessing it is the Laughton/O'Hara version of the movie.

George Gardiner, author "THE HADRIAN ENIGMA: A Forbidden History" (2010).

I love fantasy movies of Disney. Tangled looks gre...

2010-09-27T09:13:53.531-04:00

I love fantasy movies of Disney. Tangled looks great!

Grundfos Pumps

Mikee, Thanks for writing and your interest in th...

2010-09-07T12:31:13.224-04:00

Mikee,

Thanks for writing and your interest in the ejournal.

Our posted Kalamazoo deadline was 9/1.

MAT

Two things Michael: 1. I'd love to be a part ...

2010-09-02T16:19:49.739-04:00

Two things Michael:
1. I'd love to be a part of this project (ejournal)
2. I tried to respond to your earlier email about the Kzoo panel cancellation. I thought the abstract deadline for Kzoo is 9/15. I'm still working with grad students on paper proposals as well as tinkering with my own. What has changed?
mikee delony

Just wanted to drop a comment in here and let you ...

2010-08-06T11:19:48.624-04:00

Just wanted to drop a comment in here and let you know that I (and I'm sure many, many others) really appreciate what you're doing here. I've only stumbled into this blog a couple of weeks ago, and looking back it's really quite a fascinating collection.

Thank you very much for all your work!

Session #298 was removed from the above today per ...

2010-06-22T15:36:14.081-04:00

Session #298 was removed from the above today per the request of the organizer who cites that "the papers included in the session were not in fact related to post-medieval representations of the Middle Ages".

I like the article tying Tolkien's dwarves to ...

2010-05-31T19:22:08.677-04:00

I like the article tying Tolkien's dwarves to ant-semitism. Sounds like a real winner there.

Cheers!

Steven G. Willis
XOWComics.com

Keep the faith strong and keep up the great work. ...

2010-05-28T20:40:37.821-04:00

Keep the faith strong and keep up the great work.

Cheers!

Steven G. Willis
XOWComics.com

Thanks to everyone for their help. The actor is in...

2010-04-23T13:07:37.423-04:00

Thanks to everyone for their help. The actor is indeed David Farrar, and the image is from THE BLACK SHIELD OF FALSWORTH (1954).

Thanks for spreading the word!

2010-03-29T10:04:54.126-04:00

Thanks for spreading the word!

Update 3/23/10: There are no further medieval-them...

2010-03-23T19:19:15.162-04:00

Update 3/23/10: There are no further medieval-themed listings for Chiller this month.

David Farrar has a big role in Black Narcissus and...

2010-01-19T12:15:18.845-05:00

David Farrar has a big role in Black Narcissus and stars in The Small Back Room and a movie starring Jennifer Jones variously titled Gone to Earth, Wild at Heart, and Gypsy Blood. All by the Powell & Pressburger team. He is in Black Shield of Falworth, and this might be from that. --Judy

Yes, the actor's name is David Farrar.

2009-12-30T11:28:32.788-05:00

Yes, the actor's name is David Farrar.

After watching the trailer @ http://trailers-watch...

2009-12-18T04:21:23.083-05:00

After watching the trailer @ http://trailers-watch.com/ on the main
page, all i can say is that he characters still have the same humor
and the cat is hilarious. I can't say I can't wait for this movie,
but when it comes out I will gladly enjoy it.

I recognize the face as a solid B English actor wh...

2009-11-23T05:42:28.065-05:00

I recognize the face as a solid B English actor who did a lot of work in the 40s-50s. Appears as a supporting player in a large number of quickie films. Cannot put a name to the face though.

That is great articles and author. I read useful a...

2009-07-27T21:41:38.001-04:00

That is great articles and author. I read useful articles in another blog it is Crusades-Medieval.

The contents have finally been uploaded to McFarla...

2009-05-02T22:03:00.000-04:00

The contents have finally been uploaded to McFarland's web site:

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vi
FOREWORD: “THE SKELETON IN THE MIRROR”
Michael Almereyda and Dakin Matthews 1
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
Martha W. Driver and Sid Ray 7

Part I. “Abstract and Brief Chronicles of Time”: The Histories
INTRODUCTION TO PART I
Martha W. Driver 21
“Richard’s Himself Again”: The Body of Richard III on Stage and Screen
Jim Casey 27
Falstaff in America
Catherine Loomis 49
Scoring the Fields of the Dead: Musical Styles and Approaches to Postbattle Scenes from Henry V (1944, 1989)
Linda K. Schubert 62

Part II. “Carnal, Bloody, and Unnatural Acts”: The Tragedies
INTRODUCTION TO PART II
Martha W. Driver 81
“We’re Everyone You Depend On”: Filming Shakespeare’s Peasants
Carl James Grindley 89
Medieval Hamlet in Performance
Patrick J. Cook 105
Finding Gruoch: The Hidden Genealogy of Lady Macbeth in Text and Cinematic Performance
Sid Ray 116

Part III. “Many Merry Men”: The Comedies
INTRODUCTION TO PART III
Sid Ray 135
Reading A Midsummer Night’s Dream through Middle English Romance
Martha W. Driver 140
“Chaucer ... the Story Gives”: Troilus and Cressida and The Two Noble Kinsmen
Julia Ruth Briggs 161
Shakespeare’s Virgin Mother on the Modern Stage: All’s Well, That Ends Well and the Madonna del Parto Tradition
Gary Waller 178

Part IV. “Tragical-Comical-Historical-Pastoral”: The Romances
INTRODUCTION TO PART IV
Sid Ray 195
“The Quick and the Dead”: Performing the Poet Gower in Pericles
Kelly Jones 201
Shakespeare as Medievalist: What It Means for Performing Pericles
R. F. Yeager 215
A Touch of Chaucer in The Winter’s Tale
Louise M. Bishop 232
Caliban’s God: The Medieval and Renaissance Man in the Moon
Kim Zarins 245

ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS 263
INDEX 267