Introduction: Neo-Victorianism and Medievalism—Why Together? Why Now?

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Abstract

This introduction situates the fields of neo-Victorianism and medievalism in the broader category of the neo-historical, and then argues that these two fields are particularly suited to be brought into conversation with one another. It addresses issues of presentism, and attitudes of exoticism, familiarity, commodification, and nostalgia—all of which have the potential to shape neo-Victorian and medievalism’s recourses to the past. It then introduces key areas of discussion for the collection as a whole (race and place, gender and sexuality, steampunk and retrofuturism) and provides an overview of the essays that follow.

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Neo-Victorianism and Medievalism

Re-appropriating the Victorian and Medieval Pasts

Series:  Neo-Victorian Series, Volume: 9 and  Neo-Victorian Series Online, Volume: 9
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Brill
Print Publication Date:
17 Apr 2024

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