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Dana M Oswald, Dana M (Author) Oswald, Dana M. Oswald

Monsters, Gender and Sexuality in Medieval English Literature

English · Hardback

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Description

A gendered reading of monster and the monstrous body in medieval literature.

List of contents

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 Monstrous
Bibliography

Summary

A gendered reading of monster and the monstrous body in medieval literature.

Product details

Authors	Dana M Oswald, Dana M (Author) Oswald, Dana M. Oswald
Publisher	Boydell & Brewer

Languages	English
Product format	Hardback
Released	16.09.2010

EAN	9781843842323
ISBN	978-1-84384-232-3
No. of pages	236
Dimensions	157 mm x 234 mm x 23 mm
Weight	703 g
Series	Gender in the Middle Ages
Subjects	Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, Literature - Classics / Criticism

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