The Monstrous Middle Ages
Golygydd(ion) Bettina Bildhauer,Robert Mills
Iaith: Saesneg
Dosbarthiad(au): Literary Criticism, Medieval
- Tachwedd 2003 · 208 tudalen ·216x138mm
- · Clawr Meddal - 9780708318225
- · eLyfr - pdf - 9781786831743
- · eLyfr - epub - 9781786831750
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"- 'Every essay makes you want to read the whole book' Readers Report '... the University of Wales Press should be congratulated for the quality of the book's production'. Modern Language Review
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1. Introduction: Conceptualising the Monstrous; Bettina Bildhauer and Robert Mills; 2. Jesus as Monster; Robert Mills; 3. Monstrous Masculinities: Julian of Norwich's A Revelation of Love and The book of Margery Kempe; Liz Herbert McAvoy; 4. Blood, Jews and Monsters in Medieval Culture; Bettina Bildhauer; 5. The Other Close at Hand: Gerald of Wales and the 'Marvels of the West'; Asa Simon Mittman; 6. Idoles and Simulacra: Paganity, Hybridity and Representation in Mandeville's Travels; Sarah Salih; 7. Demonizing the Night in Medieval Europe: A Temporal Monstrosity?; Deborah Youngs and Simon Harris; 8. Apocalyptic Monsters: Animal Inspirations for the Iconography of North European Devourers; Aleks Pluskowski; 9. Hell on Earth: Situating Devils in the Medieval landscape; Jeremy Harte; 10. Encountering the Monstrous: Saints and Dragons in Medieval Thought; Samantha J. E. Riches