tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post3278467393121883089..comments2024-03-10T20:46:19.274-04:00Comments on In the Middle: NEW BOOK OF NOTE: Medievalisms in the Postcolonial WorldCord J. Whitakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06224143153295429986noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-84940761516414028892010-03-21T10:17:21.725-04:002010-03-21T10:17:21.725-04:00Great post and wonderful website. I've written...Great post and wonderful website. I've written a short thought trying to "work outside the framework of a single literary tradition."<br /><br />Would love to know your views. <br />It's a comparison of European and Japanese chivalry. You can find it at www.pilarrivett.com<br /><br />PilarPILAR BERTUZZI RIVETThttp://www.pilarrivett.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-77174102582859153862010-03-16T14:26:35.705-04:002010-03-16T14:26:35.705-04:00I've already taken an initial look through thi...I've already taken an initial look through this collection and really find it great; there's an exciting range of contributors with thoughtful response essays. I'm thinking of making this a required text in a grad course I'm planning to launch this fall - along with "Medievalism, Multilingualism, and Chaucer" by Mary Catherine Davidson (Palgrave, 2010).Jonathan Hsynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-11727838225859377282010-03-16T13:32:12.158-04:002010-03-16T13:32:12.158-04:00On an unrelated note, let me just say that Soseki&...On an unrelated note, let me just say that Soseki's *I am a Cat* is one of the best books ever writtenUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441242258543872644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-82299707928848221202010-03-16T10:05:08.772-04:002010-03-16T10:05:08.772-04:00I actually am using this book this semester for an...I actually am using this book this semester for an independent study with some motivated undergraduates. It's quite excellent with some exceptional essays.<br /><br />To my mind, Nadia Altschul is a rockstar.Matthew Gabrielehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11971159578332078338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-8086926167910952152010-03-16T09:46:09.629-04:002010-03-16T09:46:09.629-04:00I also have .pdfs of the Gaunt and Altschul essays...I also have .pdfs of the Gaunt and Altschul essays, and will pass them on to whoever wants to read them.Eileen Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756965845120441308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-6896564137624287932010-03-16T07:58:55.784-04:002010-03-16T07:58:55.784-04:00I'm looking forward to reading this book, whic...I'm looking forward to reading this book, which has been sitting on my TO READ shelf since the fall. <br /><br />By the way, if anyone wants the Gaunt review essay or Altschul's similar one (both attempt an overview of PoCo medievalism), email me: I have both as PDFs.Jeffrey Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346504393740520542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-44422047736898891412010-03-16T03:24:59.320-04:002010-03-16T03:24:59.320-04:00Along with Karl, I need to read the Gaunt essay......Along with Karl, I need to read the Gaunt essay...because I admit that when I say "I'm a medievalist," I really mean "I work on Western medieval texts" but it gets folded into and hidden behind the term "medieval." It so often (at least in my mind) stands in for <i>the medieval West</i>--as complicated, ambiguous, and misleading as that term may be.<br /><br />Appropriation's a damned sneaky thing...and this post has made me wonder what my subtle categorization has made me miss. <br /><br />Thanks for this, EJ, and KS for your comment.prehenselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04801371989123252511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-76054869067680154822010-03-15T17:50:37.464-04:002010-03-15T17:50:37.464-04:00Karl: thanks for your comments here; the Gaunt art...Karl: thanks for your comments here; the Gaunt article [which is actually a review essay of quite a few books in medieval poco studies stretching back to 2000 or so] is interesting and problematic for quite a few reasons; it's worth reading.Eileen Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756965845120441308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-78840553093934009912010-03-15T16:34:32.277-04:002010-03-15T16:34:32.277-04:00Great post, EJ, and whatever the value of the coll...Great post, EJ, and whatever the value of the collection (which I'm sure will be good), I'm glad to have read your developing thoughts on it.<br /><br />The Gaunt jumps out at me though:<br /><br /><i>the medieval history of contact between Europe and Asia or Africa </i><br /><br />I need to read the Gaunt myself (if I haven't done so already and forgotten), but as I read it now: the problem with this is that it presupposes a kind of homogeneity to these three regions of the T-O maps. On the one hand, the existence of the T-O maps in themselves attests to these regions as a way of thought that would shape how "European" colonialism thought itself from the 'end of the Middle Ages' on; on the other hand, as so many scholars (Robert Bartlett, Rob Barrett, and several people not named Rob), 'Europe' itself comprises multiple zones of contact and domination. The record of missionary work and conquest of the Baltic region in Henry of Livonia's Chronicle, for example, is impossible to think well without poco theory; likewise Britanno-Hiberinica-Cambrian (etc) contact from the high middle ages on. This is all old hat at ITM, but still worth repeating.Karl Steelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03353370018006849747noreply@blogger.com