H. Blurton

Cannibalism in High Medieval English Literature

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Produktbeschreibung

This book reads the surprisingly widespread representations of cannibals and cannibalism in medieval English literature as political metaphors that were central to England's on-going process of articulating cultural and national identity.

Produktdetails

• The New Middle Ages
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan US / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-4039-7443-3
• 2007
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juli 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 214mm x 150mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 355g
• ISBN-13: 9781403974433
• ISBN-10: 1403974438
• Artikelnr.: 22616620

Autorenporträt

HEATHER BLURTON is a lecturer in the Centre for Medieval Studies and the Department of English at the University of York, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Cannibal Narratives Selfeaters: The Cannibal Narrative of Andreas Eotonweard: Watching for Cannibals in the Beowulf-manuscript Cannibal Kings: Communion and Community in Twelfth-Century England Tartars and Traitors: The Uses of Cannibalism in Matthew Paris's Chronica majora The Flesch of a Sarazeyn: Cannibalism, Genre and Nationalism

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Cannibal Narratives Selfeaters: The Cannibal Narrative of Andreas Eotonweard: Watching for Cannibals in the Beowulf-manuscript Cannibal Kings: Communion and Community in Twelfth-Century England Tartars and Traitors: The Uses of Cannibalism in Matthew Paris's Chronica majora The Flesch of a Sarazeyn: Cannibalism, Genre and Nationalism

Rezensionen

'...she [Blurton] assembles much new material, making us look at her subject again. Her book will thus be first port of call for researchers on anthropophagy.' - Andrew Breeze, Modern Language Review