The boundaries of the human in medieval English literature

The boundaries of the human in medieval English literature / Dorothy Yamamoto.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yamamoto, Dorothy
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Subjects:
1100 - 1500
English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism.
Human-animal relationships in literature.
Bestiaries > History and criticism.
Metamorphosis in literature.
Human beings in literature.
Human body in literature.
Wild men in literature.
Animals in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Animals in literature
Bestiaries
English literature > Middle English
Human-animal relationships in literature
Human beings in literature
Human body in literature
Metamorphosis in literature
Wild men in literature
English.
Languages & Literatures.
English Literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Note on references, translations, and abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. The bestiary: establishing ground rules
  • 2. Birds: the ornament of the air
  • 3. The fox: laying bare deceit
  • 4. The heraldic image
  • 5. Bodies in the hunt
  • 6. A reading of The knight's tale
  • 7. The wild man 1: Figuring identity
  • 8. The wild man 2: the uncourtly other
  • 9. Women and the wild
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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