Monsters, gender and sexuality in medieval English literature / Dana Oswald.

  • Oswald, Dana, 1975-
Date:
2010
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Description

Monsters abound in Old and Middle English literature, from Grendel and his mother in Beowulf to those found in medieval romances such as Sir Gowther. Through a close examination of the way in which their bodies are sexed and gendered, and drawing from postmodern theories of gender, identity, and subjectivity, this book interrogates medieval notions of the body and the boundaries of human identity.

Publication/Creation

Woodbridge ; Rochester, NY : D.S. Brewer, 2010.

Physical description

viii, 227 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-220) and index.

Contents

Introduction : sex and the single monster -- The indecent bodies of the Wonders of the East -- Dismemberment as erasure : the monstrous body in Beowulf -- Circulation and transformation : the monstrous feminine in Mandeville's travels -- Paternity and monstrosity in the alliterative Morte Arthure and Sir Gowther -- Conclusion : transformation and the trace of the monster.

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    History of Medicine
    DD.AI.AA2
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ISBN

  • 9781843842323
  • 1843842327