03709nam 2200793Ia 450 991078450000332120231012162646.00-8166-8960-1(CKB)1000000000346974(EBL)310453(OCoLC)476094646(SSID)ssj0000213591(PQKBManifestationID)11912197(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000213591(PQKBWorkID)10152445(PQKB)10845134(MiAaPQ)EBC310453(OCoLC)191818193(MdBmJHUP)muse39574(Au-PeEL)EBL310453(CaPaEBR)ebr10159598(CaONFJC)MIL522598(EXLCZ)99100000000034697419981120d1999 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOf giants[electronic resource] sex, monsters, and the Middle Ages /Jeffrey Jerome CohenMinneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc19991 online resource (xx, 235 p.)Medieval cultures ;v. 17Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-3217-0 0-8166-3216-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-229) and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Intimate Stranger; 1. The Ruins of Identity; 2. Monstrous Origin: Body, Nation, Family; 3. The Body in Pieces: Identity and the Monstrous in Romance; 4. The Giant of Self-Figuration: Diminishing Masculinity in Chaucer's ""Tale of Sir Thopas""; 5. The Body Hybrid: Giants, Dog-Men, and Becoming Inhuman; 6. Exorbitance; Afterword: Transhistoricity; Notes; Bibliography; IndexA 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. This is a compelling inquiry into the phenomenon of giants and giant-slaying in various texts from the Anglo-Saxon period to late Middle English, including Beowulf, several works by Chaucer, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.Medieval cultures ;v. 17.English literatureMiddle English, 1100-1500History and criticismGiants (Folklore) in literatureEnglish literatureOld English, ca. 450-1100History and criticismPsychoanalysis and literatureEnglandHistoryTo 1500Literature and folkloreEnglandHistoryTo 1500Romances, EnglishHistory and criticismDifference (Psychology) in literatureAbnormalities, Human, in literatureMonsters in literatureSex in literatureEnglish literatureHistory and criticism.Giants (Folklore) in literature.English literatureHistory and criticism.Psychoanalysis and literatureHistoryLiterature and folkloreHistoryRomances, EnglishHistory and criticism.Difference (Psychology) in literature.Abnormalities, Human, in literature.Monsters in literature.Sex in literature.820.9/37Cohen Jeffrey Jerome1089358MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784500003321Of giants3864517UNINA