Tag: medievalism
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Book Review-“So This is Ever After” by F.T. Lukens
I’ll give you one guess why I saw this cover on an end cap at the library and immediately checked it out. And yes, it’s absolutely exactly as queer as I was hoping for. So This is Ever After begins at the end of a traditional fantasy novel-the chosen one has defeated the Big Bad™…
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Finn & Jake & The Green Knight
This is near the finale of the series, and Finn has aged from a 12 year old child into the cusp of adulthood. Over ten seasons he has quested, fought, won, lost, and proven his worth as a knight and the Land of Ooo’s resident Hero. He has no need for a quest to prove…
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Queerly Beloved
A rebranding of my blog page to continue the focus on the queer theory, rather than medieval vs modern.
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No More Guilty Pleasures
Perhaps the strangest side effect of studying medieval literature, for me personally, is the way in which I interact with all media has significantly changed. I will be the first to speak about my struggle with intense anxiety and imposter syndrome, even writing this very informal blog causes me concern, so it follows that I…
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We Don’t Talk About Bruno
Published in 1972 as the first novel under the new pen name Philippa Carr, The Miracle at St. Bruno’s is the first in Carr’s Daughters of England series, told through a series of first-person diaries written by the eldest daughter of each subsequent generation, from Henry VIII’s reign all the way through WWII.
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Film Fridays-Cyrano
This one is a slight stretch but I’m including a post about it because it’s my blog and I can do what I want. I LOVE musicals. I had no idea 2021’s Cyrano was a musical until I checked out a copy from my library. It’s not a story I had been familiar with prior…
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Transcribe, Translate, or Adapt?: The Power of a Word
An examination of Beowulf’s opening Old English word “hwaet” and the impact of transcribing vs translating vs adapting.
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Finding the Medieval
When I returned to higher education in my late 20’s, I was not anticipating a pivot into the world of medieval studies. It was my hope, after completing a two year degree in Library and Info Tech, that I would go to University only as a means to complete a BA, focusing instead on the…
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