Off of the Printed Prose Page: Multimodal Medievalisms (A Paper Session) (#Kzoo2026)
Organization: Tales after Tolkien Society
Event: #Kzoo2026
ICMS 2026, Session 7569
While the pop culture landscape of books and films often borrow from and are inspired by "the medieval period"–as well as frequently disseminated, propagated, and influenced by neo-medievalist works such as those by Martin, Jordan, Sanderson, and Hobb–relatively little discourse focuses on how other types of contemporary works pull from the same and/or similar influences. With the increasing popularity of medievalism in games, music, etc., this paper panel seeks to prompt, deepen, and explore the study and discussion of the less commonly talked about–yet no less consumed–works and how they look to and use popular mis/understandings of the medieval.
https://icms.confex.com/icms/2026/prelim.cg
Tales after Tolkien Society