Cannibalism in High Medieval English LiteratureSpringer, 23 wrz 2016 - 202 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. |
Spis treści
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The Cannibal Narrative of Andreas | 14 |
Watching for Cannibals in the BeowulfManuscript | 35 |
Communion and Community in TwelfthCentury England | 59 |
The Uses of Cannibalism in Matthew Pariss Chronica majora | 81 |
Cannibalism Genre and Nationalism | 105 |
Postscript | 132 |
Notes | 139 |
Bibliography | 182 |
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