{"product_id":"9781526195838","title":"Fantasies of music in nostalgic medievalism","description":"Author: Helen Dell\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526195838\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 29 Apr 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 264 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the period between the Second World War and the present, there has been an extraordinary rise in the production of medievalist fantasy literature and film. This has been accompanied by the revival, performance and invention of medieval music. In this enterprise modern fantasies of the Middle Ages have exercised great influence.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFantasies of music in nostalgic medievalism\u003c\/i\u003e shows how music, medievalism and nostalgia have been woven together in the fantasies of writers and readers, musicians, musicologists, directors and listeners, film-makers and film-goers. This book studies the ways in which three fields of creative activity inspired by the medieval - musical performance, literature, cinema and their reception - have worked together to produce and sustain, for some, the fantasy of a long-lost, long-mourned paradisal home.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47920572465310,"sku":"ING-9781526195838","price":56.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526195838.jpg?v=1782824395","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526195838","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}