Of Giants - Sex, Monsters, and the Middle Ages

A psychoanalytic look at the representation of monsters, giants and masculinity in medieval texts. The phenomenon of giants and giant-slaying appear in various texts from the Anglo-Saxon to late Middle English period, including Beowulf, The Knight and the Lion, History of the Kings of Britain and several of Chaucer's books.

Summary

A psychoanalytic look at the representation of monsters, giants and masculinity in medieval texts. The phenomenon of giants and giant-slaying appear in various texts from the Anglo-Saxon to late Middle English period, including Beowulf, The Knight and the Lion, History of the Kings of Britain and several of Chaucer's books.

Product details

• Authors: Cohen, Jeffery Jerome Cohen, Jeffrey Jerome Cohen, COHEN JEFFREY JEROME
• Publisher: University Of Minnesota Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.1999
• EAN: 9780816632176
• ISBN: 978-0-8166-3217-6
• No. of pages: 260
• Series: Medieval Cultures S.; Medieval Cultures (Paperback); Medieval Cultures; Medieval Cultures
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies