James J Paxson
Biographic Data
| ID | 1123179 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James J Paxson |
| GIVEN NAMES | James J |
| FAMILY NAME | Paxson |
| SIGNATURE | PAXSON J J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Florida |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Poetics of Personification
Men and Masculinities in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde
New studies of the problem of medieval masculinity, and Chaucer's treatment of it. Issues relating to the male characters and the construction of masculinities in Chaucer's masterpiece of love found and love lost are explored here. Collectively the essays address the question of what it means to be a man in theMiddle Ages, what constitutes masculinity in this era, and how such masculinities are culturally constructed; they seek to advance scholar…
Obscure Language, Unclear Literature
The Anachronism of Imagining Film in the Middle Ages
Besides thinking about the adaptation of medieval literature in modern film, we could, I think, achieve more creatively and critically by trying to imagine the prefiguration of cinematographic expression in medieval literature. Along with an examination of the literal representation of cinematic experience in an early twentieth-century film about the Middle Ages, Paul Wegener's Der Golem, I present a discussion of the presaging of cinematic techn…
Interpretation and Allegory
The Allegory of Temporality and the Early Modern Calculus
The Allegory of Temporality and the Early Modern Calculus James J. Paxson (bio) Was sind wir Menschen doch? Ein Wohnhaus grimmer Schmerzen, Ein Ball des falschen Glücks, ein Irrkicht dieser Zeit, Ein Schauplatz herber Angst, besetz mit scharfem Leid, Ein bald verschmelzter Schnee und abgebrannte Kerzen. (What are men indeed? Grim torment’s habitation, A toy of fickle luck, wisp in time’s wilderness, A scene of bitter fear and filled with keen dis…
The Poetics of Personification
Literary personification has long been taken for granted as an important aspect of Western narrative; Paul de Man has given it still greater prominence as 'the master trope of poetic discourse'. James Paxson here offers a much-needed critical and theoretical appraisal of personification in the light of poststructuralist thought and theory. The poetics of personification provides a historical reassessment of early theories, together with a sustain…
A Theory of Biblical Typology in the Middle Ages
A Theory of Biblical Typology in the Middle Ages
A Theory of Biblical Typology in the Middle Ages
A Theory of Biblical Typology in the Middle Ages
The Poetics of Personification
Literary personification has long been taken for granted as an important aspect of Western narrative; Paul de Man has given it still greater prominence as 'the master trope of poetic discourse'. James Paxson here offers a much-needed critical and theoretical appraisal of personification in the light of poststructuralist thought and theory. The poetics of personification provides a historical reassessment of early theories, together with a sustain…
The Allegory of Temporality and the Early Modern Calculus
The Allegory of Temporality and the Early Modern Calculus James J. Paxson (bio) Was sind wir Menschen doch? Ein Wohnhaus grimmer Schmerzen, Ein Ball des falschen Glücks, ein Irrkicht dieser Zeit, Ein Schauplatz herber Angst, besetz mit scharfem Leid, Ein bald verschmelzter Schnee und abgebrannte Kerzen. (What are men indeed? Grim torment’s habitation, A toy of fickle luck, wisp in time’s wilderness, A scene of bitter fear and filled with keen dis…
Interpretation and Allegory
The Anachronism of Imagining Film in the Middle Ages
Besides thinking about the adaptation of medieval literature in modern film, we could, I think, achieve more creatively and critically by trying to imagine the prefiguration of cinematographic expression in medieval literature. Along with an examination of the literal representation of cinematic experience in an early twentieth-century film about the Middle Ages, Paul Wegener's Der Golem, I present a discussion of the presaging of cinematic techn…
Men and Masculinities in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde
New studies of the problem of medieval masculinity, and Chaucer's treatment of it. Issues relating to the male characters and the construction of masculinities in Chaucer's masterpiece of love found and love lost are explored here. Collectively the essays address the question of what it means to be a man in theMiddle Ages, what constitutes masculinity in this era, and how such masculinities are culturally constructed; they seek to advance scholar…
Obscure Language, Unclear Literature
Poetics of Personification
Medieval Literature and History (7 works) · Art (6 works) · Literature (6 works) · History (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · History (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Theology (3 works) · Allegory (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works)