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Monsters, gender, and sexuality in medieval English literature /
Case studies of Wonders of the East, Beowulf, Mandeville's Travels, the Alliterative Morte Arthure and Sir Gowther reveal a shift in attitudes toward the gendered and sexed body, and thus toward identity, between the two periods: while Old English authors and artists respond to the threat of th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Woodbridge, Suffolk, U.K. ; Rochester, N.Y. :
D.S. Brewer,
[2010]
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| Colección: | Gender in the Middle Ages ;
v. 5. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Case studies of Wonders of the East, Beowulf, Mandeville's Travels, the Alliterative Morte Arthure and Sir Gowther reveal a shift in attitudes toward the gendered and sexed body, and thus toward identity, between the two periods: while Old English authors and artists respond to the threat of the gendered, monstrous form by erasing it, Middle English writers allow transgressive and monstrous bodies to transform and therefore integrate into society. This metamorphosis enables redemption for some monsters, while other monstrous bodies become dangerously flexible and invisible, threatening the communities they infiltrate. These changing cultural reactions to monstrous bodies demonstrate the precarious relationship between body and identity in medieval literature. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 227 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-220) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781846158896 1846158893 |
| ISSN: | 1742-870X ; |