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the Wonders of the East in the Beowulf manuscript

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Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Brand: ACMRS Publications, ACMRS Publications
Language
English
Pages
273

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Subjects

Medieval Literature, History and criticism, English literature, Monsters in literature, De rebus in Oriente mirabilibus, Beowulf

Times

Old English, ca. 450-1100

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Cover of: Inconceivable beasts
Inconceivable beasts: the Wonders of the East in the Beowulf manuscript
2013, Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Brand: ACMRS Publications, ACMRS Publications
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Conceiving of the inconceivable
The Wonders of the East
The dittology of the tripled double men
Naked monsters and men in monster suits: looking at the body in the Beowulf manuscript
Monstrous genitals
Framing "the real": spatial relations on the page and in the world
"In the same place": the location of identity in the wonders
"Whate'er the fury of the flames has spar'd": vision, loss, and the Wonders of the East
"Be hwilcum cnottum": concluding gestures.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Tempe, Arizona
Series
Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies -- Volume 433

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
871/.03
Library of Congress
PA8310.D39 M58 2013

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Pagination
pages cm.
Number of pages
273

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL31129056M
ISBN 13
9780866984812
LCCN
2013006296
OCLC/WorldCat
828484351

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