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Monsters in Society : Alterity, Transgression, and the Use of the Past in Medieval Iceland /
Dragons, giants, and the monsters of learned discourse are rarely encountered in the Sagas of Icelanders, and therefore, the general teratological focus on physical monstrosity yields only limited results when applied to them. This, however, does not equal an absence of monstrosity - it only means t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Kalamazoo, Michigan] :
MIP / Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University,
[2019]
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| Colección: | Northern medieval world. On the margins of Europe.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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