*Thrilled* that articles from 1st issue of /postmedieval/ under new editors are starting to appear! 1st up: Kathy Lavezzo's important WHITENESS, MEDIEVALISM, IMMIGRATION: RETHINKING TOLKIEN THROUGH STUART HALL (access: rdcu.be/cA0nT) Plz boost! #medievaltwitter Image
Lavezzo "rethinks Tolkien’s scholarship and fiction in light of his rejection at Oxford of Stuart Hall, who approached him regarding graduate work on William Langland" + argues "that Tolkien’s white medievalism contains his most deeply felt racist formations" Image
The essay looks back to when Lavezzo first shared her findings about Tolkien in 2018, to invite medievalists to reexamine their relationship to the author and scholar, Image
especially in light of Tolkien's, and our discipline's, foundations in comparative philology. Image
I think my favorite part is when Lavezzo calls on Stuart Hall's own brilliant theoretical and analytical writings to grapple with Tolkien's medievalism, authority, and identity. Image
If you're interested in medievalism, Tolkien, histories of the discipline, & critiques of white supremacy, check out the essay here: rdcu.be/cA0nT. (Also, this is an example of the OPEN-TOPIC articles we're actively soliciting, so send us your work!) #medievaltwitter
(Thanks to @erik_kaars for the inspiration for this thread format. We're still in awe of his twitter version of galvanizing issue 11.4, RACE, REVULSION, & REVOLUTION, ed. by @ISASaxonists, @micah_goodrich, & @bre_leake )
If anyone's having trouble with the link ^^ above, please feel free to DM us, and/or try rdcu.be/cA5lx. These are "share links" from our publisher, so we're not *entirely* sure how they work; seem to be a bit wonky. But the article exists, and we can help you get it!
If anyone's having trouble with the link ^^ above, please feel free to DM us, and/or try rdcu.be/cA5lx. These are "share links" from our publisher, so we're not *entirely* sure how they work; seem to be a bit wonky. But the article exists, and we can help you get it!

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