Of Giants: Sex, Monsters, and the Middle Ages Volume 17

(Book #17 in the Medieval Cultures Series)

by Jeffrey Jerome Cohen

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Considers what monsters tell us about identity in the medieval period.

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 formation-particularly masculine identity-in narrative representation. The giant emerges...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0816632170

ISBN13:9780816632176

Release Date:May 1999

Publisher:University of Minnesota Press

Length:260 Pages

Weight:0.71 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.9" x 9.0"

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History Social Science Social Sciences

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Of Giants: Sex, Monsters, and the Middle Ages Volume 17

(Book #17 in the Medieval Cultures Series)

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