Torture and brutality in medieval literature : negotiations of national identity /

"Torture -- that most notorious aspect of medieval culture and society -- has evolved into a dominant mythology, suggesting that the Middle Ages was a period during which sadistic torment was inflicted on citizens with impunity and without provocation: popular museums displaying such gruesome i...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Tracy, Larissa, 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge [England] ; Rochester, NY : D.S. Brewer, [2012]
Subjects:
Literature, Medieval > History and criticism.
Violence in literature.
Torture in literature.
Cruelty in literature.
Littérature médiévale > Histoire et critique.
Violence dans la littérature.
Torture dans la littérature.
Cruauté dans la littérature.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
Literature, Medieval.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Rending the flesh : the orthodoxy of torture in hagiography
  • Resisting the rod : torture and the anxieties of continental identity
  • The matter of the north : Icelandic sagas and cultural autonomy
  • The matter of Britain : defining English identity in opposition to torture
  • Laughing at pain : the comic uses of torture and brutality
  • Medieval torture and early-modern identity
  • Conclusion.

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