{"product_id":"the-ballad-of-the-lone-medievalist-paperback","title":"The Ballad of the Lone Medievalist - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn P. Sexton\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eKisha G. Tracy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorking medievalists are often the only scholar of the Middle Ages in a department, a university, or a hundred-mile radius. While working to build a body of focused scholarly work, the lone medievalist is expected to be a generalist in the classroom and a contributing member of a campus community that rarely offers disciplinary community in return. As a result, overtasked and single medievalists often find it challenging to advocate for their work and field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs other responsibilities and expectations crowd in, we come to feel disconnected from the projects and subjects that sustain our intellectual passion. An insidious isolation even from one another creeps in, and soon, even attending a conference of fellow medievalists can become a lonely experience. Surrounded by scholars with greater institutional support, lower teaching loads, or more robust research agendas, we may feel alienated from our work - the work to which we've dedicated our careers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Lone Medievalist (the collaborative community and the book) is intended as an antidote to the problem of professional isolation. It is offered in the spirit of common weal that marks the ideals (if not always the realities) of so many of the communities we study - agricultural, professional, national, notional, and of course, monastic. The Ballad of the Lone Medievalist isn't only about scholarship, or teaching, or institutional life, or the pursuit of new learning - it's about all of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe essays in this volume address all aspects of the professional and intellectual life of medievalists. Though many of us acknowledge and address the challenges in being Lone Medievalists, these essays are not intended as voces clamantium; they are offered to provide strategies, camaraderie, and an occasional bit of inspiration. They are a call to action, a sharing of hard-won wisdom, and a helping hand - and, above all, a reminder that we are not alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKisha G. Tracy is co-founder of The Lone Medievalist. She is associate professor of English Studies and Co-Coordinator of the Center for Teaching and Learning at Fitchburg State University in Massachusetts. Her main research interests include medieval memory and confession, medieval disability, and higher education pedagogy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e John P. Sexton is co-founder of The Lone Medievalist. He is associate professor of English at Bridgewater State University and co-host of the Saga Thing podcast. His research interests include Old Norse literature and culture, Anglo-Saxon literature and culture, and medieval disability studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 388\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 14, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51796100841760,"sku":"9781947447547","price":36.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f8d9b07e6a33b22231d8655a4ad0c2d0.webp?v=1780750513","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-ballad-of-the-lone-medievalist-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}