JOURNAL ARTICLE

Medieval Futures and the Postwork Romance.

  • Published In: New Literary History, 2024, v. 55, n. 1. P. 145 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Revere, William 3 of 3

Abstract

This essay explores speculative resources in the premodern past as displayed in some contemporary anglophone fiction, with a focus on novels by Octavia Butler and Margaret Atwood. Among its retrievals, speculative medievalism offers a critical vantage point on ruinous, "neofeudal" futures by fashioning a form of romance narrative centered on workers. The late-fourteenth century English poem Piers Plowman is looked to as a premodern speculative precursor and interlocutor for such versions of the medieval past. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:New Literary History. 2024/01, Vol. 55, Issue 1, p145
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Literature and Writing
  • Publication Date:2024
  • ISSN:0028-6087
  • DOI:10.1353/nlh.2024.a932374
  • Accession Number:178479026
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