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- catalog abstract ""Animals and 'wild men' are everywhere in medieval culture, but their role in illuminating medieval constructions of humanity has never been properly explored. This book gathers together a large number of themes and subjects (including the Bestiary, heraldry, and hunting), and examines them as part of a unified discourse about the body and its creative transformations. 'Human' and 'animal' are terms traditionally opposed to one another, but their relationship must always be characterized by a dynamic instability. Humans scout into the animal zone, manipulating and re-shaping 'animal' bodies in accordance with their own social imagining - yet these forays are risky since they lead to questions about what humanity consists in, and whether it can ever be forfeited. Studies of birds, foxes, 'game' animals, the wild man, and shape-shifting women fill out the argument of this book, which sheds new light on works by Chaucer, Gower, the Gamain-poet, and Henryson, as well as showing that many less familiar texts have rewards that an informed reading can reveal."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11661136.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""Animals and 'wild men' are everywhere in medieval culture, but their role in illuminating medieval constructions of humanity has never been properly explored. This book gathers together a large number of themes and subjects (including the Bestiary, heraldry, and hunting), and examines them as part of a unified discourse about the body and its creative transformations. 'Human' and 'animal' are terms traditionally opposed to one another, but their relationship must always be characterized by a dynamic instability. Humans scout into the animal zone, manipulating and re-shaping 'animal' bodies in accordance with their own social imagining - yet these forays are risky since they lead to questions about what humanity consists in, and whether it can ever be forfeited. Studies of birds, foxes, 'game' animals, the wild man, and shape-shifting women fill out the argument of this book, which sheds new light on works by Chaucer, Gower, the Gamain-poet, and Henryson, as well as showing that many less familiar texts have rewards that an informed reading can reveal."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [236]-252) and index.".
- catalog description "Note on references, translations, and abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The bestiary: establishing ground rules -- 2. Birds: the ornament of the air -- 3. The fox: laying bare deceit -- 4. The heraldic image -- 5. Bodies in the hunt -- 6. A reading of The knight's tale -- 7. The wild man 1: Figuring identity -- 8. The wild man 2: the uncourtly other -- 9. Women and the wild -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.".
- catalog extent "x, 257 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0198186746".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "England".
- catalog subject "820.9/35 21".
- catalog subject "Animals in literature.".
- catalog subject "Bestiaries England History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Bestiaries History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "English literature Middle English, 1100-1500 History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Human beings in literature.".
- catalog subject "Human body in literature.".
- catalog subject "Human-animal relationships in literature.".
- catalog subject "Metamorphosis in literature.".
- catalog subject "PR275.H83 Y36 2000".
- catalog subject "Wild men in literature.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Note on references, translations, and abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The bestiary: establishing ground rules -- 2. Birds: the ornament of the air -- 3. The fox: laying bare deceit -- 4. The heraldic image -- 5. Bodies in the hunt -- 6. A reading of The knight's tale -- 7. The wild man 1: Figuring identity -- 8. The wild man 2: the uncourtly other -- 9. Women and the wild -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.".
- catalog title "The boundaries of the human in medieval English literature / Dorothy Yamamoto.".
- catalog type "text".