Monsters in Society : : Alterity, Transgression, and the Use of the Past in Medieval Iceland / / Rebecca Merkelbach.
Dragons, giants, and the monsters of learned discourse are rarely encountered in the Sagas of Icelanders, and therefore, the general teratological focus on physical monstrosity yields only limited results when applied to them. This, however, does not equal an absence of monstrosity – it only means t...
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Merkelbach, Rebecca, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Monsters in Society : Alterity, Transgression, and the Use of the Past in Medieval Iceland / Rebecca Merkelbach. Kalamazoo, MI : Medieval Institute Publications, [2019] ©2020 1 online resource (VIII, 245 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda The Northern Medieval World : On the Margins of Europe Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1. Monsters in Context -- 2. Revenants Reconsidered -- 3. Between Hero and Monster – Outlaws -- 4. Nature and Nurture – Berserkir -- 5. Walkers Between Worlds – Practitioners of Magic -- 6. The Social Perception of Monstrosity -- 7. Reading Monstrosity -- Conclusion: Writing a Monstrous Past -- Notes -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Dragons, giants, and the monsters of learned discourse are rarely encountered in the Sagas of Icelanders, and therefore, the general teratological focus on physical monstrosity yields only limited results when applied to them. This, however, does not equal an absence of monstrosity – it only means that monstrosity is conceived of differently. This book shifts the view of monstrosity from the physical to the social, accounting for the unique social circumstances presented in the Íslendingasögur and demonstrating how closely interwoven the social and the monstrous are in this genre. Employing literary and cultural theory as well as anthropological and historical approaches, it reads the monsters of the Íslendingasögur in their literary and socio-cultural context, demonstrating that they are not distractions from feud and conflict, but that they are in fact an intrinsic part of the genre’s re-imagining of the past for the needs of the present. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 27. Jan 2023) Isländersagas. Mittelalterliches Island. Monsterstudien. Monstrum. Sagen. LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Scandinavian. bisacsh Medieval Iceland. Monster Studies. Monstrosity. Sagas. Íslendingasögur. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2020 9783110696288 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2020 Part 1 9783110696271 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 English 9783110610765 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 9783110664232 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural and Area Stud. 2019 English 9783110610369 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural and Area Studies 2019 9783110606348 ZDB-23-DKU EPUB 9781501514098 print 9781501518362 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501514227 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501514227 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501514227/original |
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