Fantasies of the Other's Body in Middle English Oriental Romance |
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| Author:
| Czarnowus, Anna |
| Series title: | Studies in English Medieval Language and Literature Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-3-631-64446-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2013 |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $88.20 |
Book Description:
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The study analyzes the cultural others' corporeality in Middle English oriental romances. It includes among other a Lacanian reading of Chaucer's Squire's tale and Sir Ferumbras along with the topics of anthropophagy in Richard le Coer de Lyon, of slavery in Floris and Blancheflour, and of female grotesque in the English Charlemagne romances.
The study analyzes the cultural others' corporeality in Middle English oriental romances. It includes among other a Lacanian reading of Chaucer's Squire's tale and Sir Ferumbras along with the topics of anthropophagy in Richard le Coer de Lyon, of slavery in Floris and Blancheflour, and of female grotesque in the English Charlemagne romances.