Hassig The Mark of the Beast

The Medieval Bestiary in Art, Life, and Literature
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-135-66045-1
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 252 Seiten

Reihe: Garland Library of Medieval Literature

The medieval bestiary was a contribution to didactic religious literature, addressing concerns central to all walks of Christian and secular life. These essays analyze the bestiary from both literary and art historical perspectives, exploring issues including kinship, romance, sex, death, and the afterlife.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hassig, Debra

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Europäische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Abbreviations

Figures A-k

Part 1.Social Realities

The Lion, Bloodline, and Kinship Margaret Haist

Misericord Owls and Medieval Anti-Semitism Mariko Miyzkazi

Part 2. Mortal Lessons

Bestiary Lessons on Pride and Lust Carmen Brown

Sex and the Bestiaries Debbra Hassig

The Phoenix and the Resurrection Valerie Jones

Part 3. Classical Inheritances

Did Imaginary Animals Exist Pamela Gravestock

Classical Ideology in the Medieval Bestiary J. Holli Wheatcroft

Part 4. Reading Beasts

Taboos and the Noly on Bodley 764 Alison Syme

Silences' Beasts Michelle Bolduc

Appendix: List of Bestiary and Physiologus Manuscripts

Contributors

Index of Creatures

Über Autor(innen)

Debra Hassig Ph.D. is a Reader at the Institute of Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh