num_pages: 260
description: A psychoanalytic look at the representation of monsters, giants and masculinity in medieval texts. The phenomenon of giants and giant-slaying appear in various texts from the Anglo-Saxon to late Middle English period, including Beowulf, The Knight and the Lion, History of the Kings of Britain and several of Chaucer's books.
language: English
title: Of Giants: Sex, Monsters, And The Middle Ages (Volume 17)
titlecomplete: Of Giants: Sex, Monsters, And The Middle Ages (Volume 17) (Medieval Cultures)
genres: History, Monsters, Theory, Philosophy, Medieval, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 58
series: Medieval Cultures
publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press