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1 online resource (187 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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The early medieval North Atlantic ; 5
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Early medieval North Atlantic ; 5.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Representations of shapeshifters are prominent in medieval culture and they are particularly abundant in the vernacular literatures of the societies around the North Sea. Some of the figures in these stories remain well known in later folklore and often even in modern media, such as werewolves, dragons, berserkir and bird-maidens. Incorporating studies about Old English, Norse, Latin, Irish, and Welsh literature, this collection of essays marks an important new contribution to the study of medieval shapeshifters.00Each essay highlights how shapeshifting cannot be studied in isolation, but intersects with many other topics, such as the supernatural, monstrosity, animality, gender and identity. Contributors to this volume come from different intellectual traditions, embracing a multidisciplinary approach combining influences from literary criticism, history, philology, and anthropology. |
| Contents |
Introduction : medieval thought and shapeshifting / Santiago Barreiro and Luciana Cordo Russo -- Wundor wear on wege 'a wonder happened on the way' : shifting shapes and meanings in Old English riddles / Rafał Borysławski -- The big black cats of Vatnsdalr and other trolls : talking about shapeshifting in medieval Iceland / Ármann Jakobsson -- The hoard makes the dragon : Fáfnir as a Shapeshifter / Santiago Barreiro -- Eigi í mannligu eli : shape, monstrosity and berserkism in the Íslendingasögur / Rebecca Merkelbach -- The cursed and the committed : a study in literary representations of 'involuntary' shapeshifting in early medieval Irish and Old Norse narrative traditions / Camilla With Pedersen -- Unde sunt aues istae? : Notes on bird-shapeshifting, bird messengers, and early medieval hagiography / Santiago Disalvo -- Sin, punishment, and magic : changing form in medieval Welsh literature / Luciana Cordo Russo. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Literature, Medieval -- History and criticism.
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Literature, Medieval. |
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Monsters in literature.
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Monsters in literature. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Barreiro, Santiago, editor.
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Cordo Russo, Luciana, editor.
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| ISBN |
9789048535132 (electronic book) |
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9048535131 (electronic book) |
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9789462984479 (hardcover) |
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9462984476 (hardcover) |
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