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Outsiders : the humanity and inhumanity of giants in medieval French prose romance /

"Giants are a ubiquitous feature of medieval romance. As remnants of a British prehistory prior to the civilization established, according to the Historium regum Britannie, by Brutus and his Trojan followers, giants are permanently at odds with the chivalric culture of the romance world. Whethe...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Huot, Sylvia (Author)
Corporate Author: University of Notre Dame. Medieval Institute
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2016]
Series:Conway lectures in medieval studies.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; OUTSIDERS; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Chapter 1 Inhuman Men and Knightly Fiends: The Vexed Humanity of Giants; Chapter 2 An Alien Presence: Giants as Markers of Race, Class, and Culture; Chapter 3 Touching the Absolute: Violence, Death, and Love; Chapter 4 Giants and Saracens in the Prose Tristan: Rival Narratives, Hostile Desires, and the Struggle to (Re)write History; Chapter 5 Outsiders in the Story: Galehot, Palamedes, and Saladin; Chapter 6 Desire, Subjectivity, and the Humanity of Giants; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography.