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Deformed Discourse: The Function of the Monster in Mediaeval Thought and Literature

Deformed Discourse: The Function of the Monster in Mediaeval Thought and Literature

Paperback

Series: Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies

Literary Criticism

ISBN10: 0859896501
ISBN13: 9780859896504
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Published: Aug 1 1999
Pages: 406
Weight: 1.20
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
Now published in paperback, this fully-illustrated book explores the concept of the monster in the Middle Ages, examining its philosophical and theological roots and analysing its symbolic function in medieval literature and art. Fascinating and comprehensive, this study of the grotesque in medieval aesthetic expression successfully brings together medieval research and modern criticism.

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