Of Giants: Sex, Monsters, and the Middle Ages - Jeffrey Jerome Cohen - Books - University of Minnesota Press - 9780816632176 - May 1, 1999
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Jeffrey Jerome Cohen
Of Giants: Sex, Monsters, and the Middle Ages

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A psychoanalytic look at the representation of monsters, giants and masculinity in medieval texts. The phenomenon of giants and giant-slaying appear in various texts from the Anglo-Saxon to late Middle English period, including Beowulf, The Knight and the Lion, History of the Kings of Britain and several of Chaucer's books.

235 pages, 5 b&w photographs

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released May 1, 1999
ISBN13 9780816632176
Publishers University of Minnesota Press
Pages 260
Dimensions 151 × 226 × 14 mm   ·   402 g

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