Thomas A. Prendergast is Professor of English at the College of Wooster Stephanie Trigg is Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor of English Literature at the University of Melbourne -- .
'In their project to legitimize affect in medieval studies, Prendergast and Trigg examine the dialectic between the medieval past and subsequent representations of that past. Their considerations weave a densely learned tapestry.' Studies in the Age of Chaucer 'In this deceptively concise book, Thomas Prendergast and Stephanie Trigg offer thoughtful commentary on complex issues involving academic and extra-academic engagement with the medieval past.' Speculum -- .