The Resource Of Giants : Sex, Monsters, and the Middle Ages
Of Giants : Sex, Monsters, and the Middle Ages
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- Summary
- A monster lurks at the heart of medieval identity, and this book seeks him out. Reading a set of medieval texts in which giants and dismemberment figure prominently, Jeffrey Jerome Cohen brings a critical psychoanalytic perspective to bear on the question of identity formationparticularly masculine identityin narrative representation. This is a compelling inquiry into the phenomenon of giants and giant-slaying in various texts from the Anglo-Saxon period to late Middle English, including Beowulf, several works by Chaucer, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (258 pages)
- Contents
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- Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Intimate Stranger; 1. The Ruins of Identity; 2. Monstrous Origin: Body, Nation, Family; 3. The Body in Pieces: Identity and the Monstrous in Romance; 4. The Giant of Self-Figuration: Diminishing Masculinity in Chaucer's "Tale of Sir Thopas"; 5. The Body Hybrid: Giants, Dog-Men, and Becoming Inhuman; 6. Exorbitance; Afterword: Transhistoricity; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Isbn
- 9780816689606
- Label
- Of Giants : Sex, Monsters, and the Middle Ages
- Title
- Of Giants
- Title remainder
- Sex, Monsters, and the Middle Ages
- Subject
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- Abnormalities, Human, in literature
- Abnormalities, Human, in literature
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Difference (Psychology) in literature
- Difference (Psychology) in literature
- Electronic books
- England
- English literature
- English literature -- Middle English
- English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism
- English literature -- Old English, approximately 450-1100 -- History and criticism
- Giants in literature
- Giants in literature
- History
- Literature and folklore
- Literature and folklore -- England -- History -- To 1500
- Monsters in literature
- Monsters in literature
- Psychoanalysis and literature
- Psychoanalysis and literature -- England
- Psychoanalysis and literature -- England -- History -- To 1500
- Romances, English
- Romances, English -- History and criticism
- Sex in literature
- Sex in literature
- To 1500
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A monster lurks at the heart of medieval identity, and this book seeks him out. Reading a set of medieval texts in which giants and dismemberment figure prominently, Jeffrey Jerome Cohen brings a critical psychoanalytic perspective to bear on the question of identity formationparticularly masculine identityin narrative representation. This is a compelling inquiry into the phenomenon of giants and giant-slaying in various texts from the Anglo-Saxon period to late Middle English, including Beowulf, several works by Chaucer, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Cohen, Jeffrey Jerome
- Dewey number
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- 820.9/37
- 940.1
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR275.G47C64 1999
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- Series statement
- Medieval Cultures
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Psychoanalysis and literature
- Psychoanalysis and literature
- English literature
- Giants in literature
- Literature and folklore
- Romances, English
- Difference (Psychology) in literature
- Abnormalities, Human, in literature
- Monsters in literature
- Sex in literature
- English literature
- Abnormalities, Human, in literature
- Difference (Psychology) in literature
- English literature
- English literature
- Giants in literature
- Literature and folklore
- Monsters in literature
- Psychoanalysis and literature
- Romances, English
- Sex in literature
- England
- Label
- Of Giants : Sex, Monsters, and the Middle Ages
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- mixed
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Intimate Stranger; 1. The Ruins of Identity; 2. Monstrous Origin: Body, Nation, Family; 3. The Body in Pieces: Identity and the Monstrous in Romance; 4. The Giant of Self-Figuration: Diminishing Masculinity in Chaucer's "Tale of Sir Thopas"; 5. The Body Hybrid: Giants, Dog-Men, and Becoming Inhuman; 6. Exorbitance; Afterword: Transhistoricity; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Control code
- 476094646
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (258 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780816689606
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)476094646
- Label
- Of Giants : Sex, Monsters, and the Middle Ages
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- mixed
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Intimate Stranger; 1. The Ruins of Identity; 2. Monstrous Origin: Body, Nation, Family; 3. The Body in Pieces: Identity and the Monstrous in Romance; 4. The Giant of Self-Figuration: Diminishing Masculinity in Chaucer's "Tale of Sir Thopas"; 5. The Body Hybrid: Giants, Dog-Men, and Becoming Inhuman; 6. Exorbitance; Afterword: Transhistoricity; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Control code
- 476094646
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (258 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780816689606
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)476094646
Subject
- Abnormalities, Human, in literature
- Abnormalities, Human, in literature
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Difference (Psychology) in literature
- Difference (Psychology) in literature
- Electronic books
- England
- English literature
- English literature -- Middle English
- English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism
- English literature -- Old English, approximately 450-1100 -- History and criticism
- Giants in literature
- Giants in literature
- History
- Literature and folklore
- Literature and folklore -- England -- History -- To 1500
- Monsters in literature
- Monsters in literature
- Psychoanalysis and literature
- Psychoanalysis and literature -- England
- Psychoanalysis and literature -- England -- History -- To 1500
- Romances, English
- Romances, English -- History and criticism
- Sex in literature
- Sex in literature
- To 1500
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