{"product_id":"the-juggler-of-notre-dame-jan-m-ziolkowski-9781783745395","title":"The Juggler of Notre Dame and the Medievalizing of Modernity: Volume 6: War and Peace, Sex and Violence","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis ambitious and vivid study in six volumes explores the journey of a single, electrifying story, from its first incarnation in a medieval French poem through its prolific rebirth in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. \u003cem\u003eThe Juggler of Notre Dame \u003c\/em\u003etells how an entertainer abandons the world to join a monastery, but is suspected of blasphemy after dancing his devotion before a statue of the Madonna in the crypt; he is saved when the statue, delighted by his skill, miraculously comes to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJan Ziolkowski tracks the poem from its medieval roots to its rediscovery in late nineteenth-century Paris, before its translation into English in Britain and the United States. The visual influence of the tale on Gothic revivalism and vice versa in America is carefully documented with lavish and inventive illustrations, and Ziolkowski concludes with an examination of the explosion of interest in \u003cem\u003eThe Juggler of Notre Dame\u003c\/em\u003e in the twentieth century and its place in mass culture today. In this concluding volume, Ziolkowski explores the popularity of \u003cem\u003eThe Juggler of Notre Dame\u003c\/em\u003e from the 1930s through the Second World War, especially in the Allied Resistance. Its popularity in the United States was subsequently maintained by figures as diverse as Tony Curtis and W. H. Auden, and although recently the story and medievalism have lost ground, the future of both holds promise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePresented with great clarity and simplicity, Ziolkowski's work is accessible to the general reader, while its many new discoveries will be valuable to academics in such fields and disciplines as medieval studies, medievalism, philology, literary history, art history, folklore, performance studies, and reception studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jan M. Ziolkowski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1783745398\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781783745395\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Book Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/12\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Jan M. Ziolkowski","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44138650960127,"sku":"9781783745395","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d4320a84-cf65-4dfb-b94b-9697ee0366d4.jpg?v=1687900822","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-juggler-of-notre-dame-jan-m-ziolkowski-9781783745395","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}