The Mark of the Beast (eBook, PDF)

The Medieval Bestiary in Art, Life, and Literature
Redaktion: Hassig, Debra

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The medieval bestiary was a contribution to didactic religious literature, addressing concerns central to all walks of Christian and secular life. These essays analyze the bestiary from both literary and art historical perspectives, exploring issues including kinship, romance, sex, death, and the afterlife.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135660383
• Artikelnr.: 39909536

Autorenporträt

Debra Hassig Ph.D. is a Reader at the Institute of Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction Abbreviations Figures A-k Part 1.Social
Realities The Lion, Bloodline, and Kinship Margaret Haist Misericord Owls
and Medieval Anti-Semitism Mariko Miyzkazi Part 2. Mortal Lessons Bestiary
Lessons on Pride and Lust Carmen Brown Sex and the Bestiaries Debbra Hassig
The Phoenix and the Resurrection Valerie Jones Part 3. Classical
Inheritances Did Imaginary Animals Exist Pamela Gravestock Classical
Ideology in the Medieval Bestiary J. Holli Wheatcroft Part 4. Reading
Beasts Taboos and the Noly on Bodley 764 Alison Syme Silences' Beasts
Michelle Bolduc Appendix: List of Bestiary and Physiologus Manuscripts
Contributors Index of Creatures