عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
PR275.M615 O86 2010
PR275
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M615
O86
2010
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
1843842327 (hbk.)
(Number (ISBN
9781843842323 (hbk.)
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Country Code
bnb
Number
b422033
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Monsters, gender and sexuality in medieval English literature /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Dana Oswald.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Rochester, NY :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
D.S. Brewer,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2010.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
viii, 227 p., [8] p. of plates :
Other Physical Details
ill. ;
Dimensions
25 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Gender in the Middle Ages,
Volume Designation
v. 5.
ISSN of Series
1742-870X ;
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-220) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
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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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Case studies of Wonders of the East, Beowulf, Mandeville's Travels, the Alliterative Morte Arthure and Sir Gowther reveal a shift in attitudes toward the gendered and sexed body, and thus toward identity, between the two periods: while Old English authors and artists respond to the threat of the gendered, monstrous form by erasing it, Middle English writers allow transgressive and monstrous bodies to transform and therefore integrate into society. This metamorphosis enables redemption for some monsters, while other monstrous bodies become dangerously flexible and invisible, threatening the communities they infiltrate. These changing cultural reactions to monstrous bodies demonstrate the precarious relationship between body and identity in medieval literature.
Text of Note
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.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
English literature-- Middle English, 1100-1500-- History and criticism.
English literature-- Middle English, 1100-1500-- History and criticism.
English literature-- Old English, ca. 450-1100-- History and criticism.
English literature-- Old English, ca. 450-1100-- History and criticism.
Gender identity in literature.
Gender identity in literature.
Human body in literature.
Human body in literature.
Monsters in literature.
Monsters in literature.
Gender Identity-- history.
Gender Identity-- history.
Human Body-- history.
Human Body-- history.
Sexuality-- history.
Sexuality-- history.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
PR275
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M615
Book number
O86
2010
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Oswald, Dana,1975-
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20140610095422.0
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
Y
