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OverviewFrom rubbery martyrs to wraith-like ascetics, and from pestilential dragons to troublesome giants, the bodies that fascinated audiences of saints' lives during the Middle Ages increasingly inform theoretical debates in medieval studies concerning corporeality. Saints and Monsters draws on notions of the 'sublime' and the 'abject' to explore the role played by these holy and unholy bodies in community formation. Examining a series of biographies of Sts Margaret, George, Honorat and Enimia - some of them previously unknown to scholarship - Huw Grange argues that the extraordinary bodies of medieval French and Occitan hagiography mutate in relation to a range of shifting historical, cultural and geographical imperatives. Huw Grange is Junior Research Fellow in French at Jesus College, Oxford. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Huw GrangePublisher: Legenda Imprint: Legenda Volume: 53 Dimensions: Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 24.40cm Weight: 0.426kg ISBN: 9781781884898ISBN 10: 1781884897 Pages: 140 Publication Date: 08 May 2017 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |