9780816632176-0816632170-Of Giants: Sex, Monsters, And The Middle Ages (Volume 17) (Medieval Cultures)

Of Giants: Sex, Monsters, And The Middle Ages (Volume 17) (Medieval Cultures)

ISBN-13: 9780816632176
ISBN-10: 0816632170
Edition: First Edition
Author: Jeffrey Jerome Cohen
Publication date: 1999
Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press
Format: Paperback 260 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780816632176
ISBN-10: 0816632170
Edition: First Edition
Author: Jeffrey Jerome Cohen
Publication date: 1999
Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press
Format: Paperback 260 pages

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Of Giants: Sex, Monsters, And The Middle Ages (Volume 17) (Medieval Cultures) (ISBN-13: 9780816632176 and ISBN-10: 0816632170), written by authors Jeffrey Jerome Cohen, was published by Univ Of Minnesota Press in 1999. With an overall rating of 4.2 stars, it's a notable title among other Cultural (Anthropology) books. You can easily purchase or rent Of Giants: Sex, Monsters, And The Middle Ages (Volume 17) (Medieval Cultures) (Paperback, Used) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Cultural books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.21.

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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.

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