Boundaries of the Human in Medieval English Literature

Zusatztext Yamamoto's review of the various topics is thorough, drawing on an encyclopedic range of secondary sources ... The book accomplishes its intent to bring together topics not often juxtaposed. Informationen zum Autor Dorothy Yamamoto is a freelance writer and editor Zusammenfassung This book explores a wide variety of medieval writings (by Chaucer, Gower, the Gawain-poet, and Henryson, among others) to answer the question, In what way did medieval people think about animals? It ranges from birds and foxes, to the Bestiary, heraldry, and hunting, to the enigmatic figure of the Wild Man.

Product details

• Authors: Dorothy Yamamoto
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2000
• EAN: 9780198186748
• ISBN: 978-0-19-818674-8
• No. of pages: 270
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval