Monsters, gender, and sexuality in medieval English literature

Monsters, gender, and sexuality in medieval English literature

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author : Oswald Dana M. (Auteur)
Format : Book
Language : anglais
Title statement : Monsters, gender, and sexuality in medieval English literature / Dana Oswald
Published : Woodbridge (Royaume-uni), Rochester (Etats-unis) : D.S. Brewer , impr. 2010
Physical Description : 1 vol (VIII-227 p.- [8] p. de pl.
Series : Gender in the Middle Ages ; 5
Content : Introduction : sex and the single monster. The indecent bodies of the Wonders of the East. Dismemberment as erasure : the monstrous body in Beowulf. Circulation and transformation : the monstrous feminine in Mandeville's travels. Paternity and monstrosity in the alliterative Morte Arthure and Sir Gowther. Conclusion : transformation and the trace of the monster
Subjects :
Littérature anglaise > 1100-1500 (moyen anglais) > Histoire et critique
Littérature anglaise > 450-1100 (vieil anglais) > histoire et critique
Corps humain > Dans la littérature
Identité sexuelle > Dans la littérature
Description
Bibliography : Bibliogr. p. 209-220. Index
ISBN : 978-1-84384-232-3
1-84384-232-7