Cannibalism in High Medieval English Literature

by Heather Blurton

From Beowulf through the literature of the crusades and beyond, cannibals haunt the texts of medieval England. Cannibal Narratives attempts to explain their presence. It explores the relationship between the literary trope of cannibalism and the emergence of national identity in medieval England. If England suffered three centuries of invasion - beginning with the Vikings and continuing through Danish and Norman conquests of the island - it also developed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403974438
• ISBN13: 9781403974433
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.4"