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Monsters, gender and sexuality in medieval English literature / Dana Oswald.

Author: Oswald, Dana, 1975-

Imprint:Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : D.S. Brewer, 2010.

Descriptionviii, 227 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Note:Introduction : sex and the single monster -- The indecent bodies of the Wonders of the East -- Dismemberment as erasure : the monstrous body in Beowulf -- Circulation and transformation : the monstrous feminine in Mandeville's travels -- Paternity and monstrosity in the alliterative Morte Arthure and Sir Gowther -- Conclusion : transformation and the trace of the monster.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-220) and index.



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Oswald, Dana, 1975-
Series Statement
Gender in the Middle Ages, 1742-870X ; 5
Subject:
Monsters in literature.
English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism.
English literature -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- History and criticism.
Human body in literature.
Gender identity in literature.