Cannibalism in High Medieval English Literature (Hardcover, 2007 ed.)

From "Beowulf" through the literature of the crusades and beyond, cannibals haunt the texts of medieval England. "Cannibal Narratives" attempts to explain their presence. It explores the relationship between the literary trope of cannibalism and the emergence of national identity in medieval England. If England suffered three centuries of invasion - beginning with the Vikings and continuing through Danish and Norman conquests of the island - it also developed a unique and uniquely literary response to these circumstances. This book reads the representations cannibalism so common in English medieval literature through cannibalism's metaphoric associations with incorporation, consumption, and violent disruption of the boundaries between self and other. The result uncovers the ways in which these representations articulate a discourse of cannibalism as a privileged mode for thinking about English cultural, and ultimately national, identity in the face of the social crisis.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	The New Middle Ages
Release date:	July 2007
First published:	2007
Authors:	H. Blurton
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	202
Edition:	2007 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4039-7443-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500
LSN:	1-4039-7443-8
Barcode:	9781403974433

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