The monstrous Middle Ages
By: edited by Bettina Bildhauer and Robert Mills.
Contributors: Bildhauer, Bettina.; Mills, Robert, 1973-
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
Subjects: English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism.; Monsters in literature.; Monsters -- Symbolic aspects -- History -- To 1500.; Literature, Medieval -- History and criticism.; Monsters in art.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-226) and index.
Table of contents: title: Conceptualizing the monstrous / Bettina Bildhauer and Robert Mills; title: Jesus as monster / Robert Mills; title: Monstrous masculinities in Julian of Norwich's A revelation of love and The book of Margery Kempe / Liz Herbert McAvoy; title: Blood, Jews, and monsters in medieval culture / Bettina Bildhauer; title: The other close at hand: Gerald of Wales and the "Marvels of the West" / Asa Simon Mittman; title: Idols and simulacra: paganity, hybridity and representation in Mandeville's travels / Sarah Salih; title: Demonizing the night in medieval Europe: a temporal monstrosity? / Deborah Youngs and Simon Harris; title: Apocalyptic monsters: animal inspirations for the iconography of medieval North European devourers / Aleks Pluskowski; title: Hell on Earth: encountering devils in the medieval landscape / Jeremy Harte; title: Encountering the monstrous: saints and dragons in medieval thought / Samantha J.E. Riches