H. Blurton

Gebundenes Buch

Cannibalism in High Medieval English Literature

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

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

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

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