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The monstrous Middle Ages / edited by Bettina Bildhauer and Robert Mills.

Title
The monstrous Middle Ages / edited by Bettina Bildhauer and Robert Mills.
Publication
Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2003.

Holdings

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Additional Authors
  • Bildhauer, Bettina
  • Mills, Robert, 1973-
Description
xiii, 236 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism
  • Literature, Medieval > History and criticism
  • Littérature médiévale > Histoire et critique
  • Monsters > History > To 1500
  • Monsters in art
  • Monsters in literature
  • Monstres > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1500
  • Monstres dans l'art
  • Monstres dans la littérature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-226) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Conceptualizing the monstrous / Bettina Bildhauer, Robert Mills -- Jesus as monster / Robert Mills -- Monstrous masculinities in Julian of Norwich's A revelation of love and The book of Margery Kempe / Liz Herbert McAvoy -- Blood, Jews, and monsters in medieval culture / Bettina Bildhauer -- The other close at hand: Gerald of Wales and the "Marvels of the West" / Asa Simon Mittman -- Idols and simulacra: paganity, hybridity and representation in Mandeville's travels / Sarah Salih -- Demonizing the night in medieval Europe: a temporal monstrosity? / Deborah Youngs, Simon Harris -- Apocalyptic monsters: animal inspirations for the iconography of medieval North European devourers / Aleks Pluskowski -- Hell on Earth: encountering devils in the medieval landscape / Jeremy Harte -- Encountering the monstrous: saints and dragons in medieval thought / Samantha J.E. Riches.
ISBN
  • 0802087191
  • 9780802087195
  • 0802086675 (pbk.)
  • 9780802086679 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^2004267057