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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.
| Acknowledgments | |
| Introduction: The Intimate Stranger | |
| The Ruins of Identity | p. 1 |
| Monstrous Origin: Body, Nation, Family | p. 29 |
| The Body in Pieces: Identity and the Monstrous in Romance | p. 62 |
| The Giant of Self-Figuration: Diminishing Masculinity in Chaucer's "Tale of Sir Thopas" | p. 96 |
| The Body Hybrid: Giants, Dog-Men, and Becoming Inhuman | p. 119 |
| Exorbitance | p. 142 |
| Afterword: Transhistoricity | p. 185 |
| Notes | p. 187 |
| Bibliography | p. 211 |
| Index | p. 231 |
| Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved. |
ISBN: 9780816632176
ISBN-10: 0816632170
Series: Medieval Cultures : Book 17
Audience:
Professional
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 260
Published: 1st April 1999
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 22.9 x 14.9
x 1.27
Weight (kg): 0.36
