Maps and Monsters in Medieval England

Informationen zum Autor Asa Mittman Zusammenfassung This study centers on issues of marginality and monstrosity in medieval England. It sits at the crossroads of two discourses -- geography and monstrosity -- treated separately in the established scholarship but inseparable in the minds of medieval authors and artists. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Medieval English Manuscripts, Maps and Monsters: A User's Guide Part One: Mapping the Outer Edges of the World Chapter 1: Mythical Origins Chapter 2: Mapping Identity Chapter 3: The Monsters on the Edge Part Two: The Marvels of the East over Three Centuries and a Millennium Chapter 4: The Reality and Persistence of Monsters Chapter 5: Containment and Consumption Chapter 6: Monstrous Sin and Salvation Part Three: Lexical Spaces as Battlegrounds Chapter 7: Monstrous Nature Chapter 8: The Monster Within Chapter 9: Saints in the Margins Conclusion: Dwelling in the Monster

List of contents

Introduction: Medieval English Manuscripts, Maps and Monsters:
A User's Guide

Part One: Mapping the Outer Edges of the World
Chapter 1: Mythical Origins
Chapter 2: Mapping Identity
Chapter 3: The Monsters on the Edge

Part Two: The Marvels of the East over Three Centuries and a Millennium
Chapter 4: The Reality and Persistence of Monsters
Chapter 5: Containment and Consumption
Chapter 6: Monstrous Sin and Salvation

Part Three: Lexical Spaces as Battlegrounds
Chapter 7: Monstrous Nature
Chapter 8: The Monster Within
Chapter 9: Saints in the Margins

Conclusion: Dwelling in the Monster

Product details

• Authors: Asa Mittman, Asa Simon Mittman, Asa Simon (Asu School of Art Mittman, Mittman Asa
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.02.2006
• EAN: 9780415976138
• ISBN: 978-0-415-97613-8
• No. of pages: 292
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Studies in Medieval History and Culture
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Programming languages; History, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, Literature & literary studies, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Biography, Literature and Literary studies