Monsters in society : alterity, transgression, and the use of the past in medieval Iceland / Rebecca Merkelbach.

Dragons, giants, and the monsters of learned discourse are rarely encountered in the Sagas of Icelanders, and therefore, the general teratological focus on physical monstrosity yields only limited results when applied to them. This, however, does not equal an absence of monstrosity - it only means t...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Northern medieval world. On the margins of Europe.
Main Author: Merkelbach, Rebecca (Author)
Language:English
Published: [Berlin] ; [Boston] : [Kalamazoo, Michigan] : De Gruyter ; MIP / Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University, [2019]
Series:Northern medieval world. On the margins of Europe.
Subjects:
Monsters > Iceland > History > To 1500.
Monsters > Social aspects > Iceland.
Monsters > Iceland > Folklore > History > To 1500.
Curiosities and wonders > Iceland > History > To 1500.
Folklore > Iceland > History > To 1500.
Sagas > History and criticism.
Monsters in literature.
Old Norse literature > Iceland > History and criticism.
Curiosities and wonders.
Folklore.
Monsters.
Old Norse literature.
Sagas.
Iceland.
To 1500
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Genre:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Physical Description:viii, 245 pages ; 24 cm.
Variant Title:
Alterity, transgression, and the use of the past in medieval Iceland
Format: Book

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