Monsters in Society

Monsters in Society Alterity, Transgression, and the Use of the Past in Medieval Iceland - The Northern Medieval World

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Publisher's Synopsis

Employing literary and cultural theory as well as anthropological and historical approaches, Social Monstrosity and the Sagas of the Icelanders  reads the monsters of the Íslendingasögur in their literary and socio-cultural context, demonstrating that they are not distractions from feud and conflict, but that they are in fact an intrinsic part of the genre's re-imagining of the past for the needs of the present.

Book information

ISBN: 9781501518362
Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications (Western Michigan University)
Imprint: Medieval Institute Publications
Pub date:
Edition: New edition
DEWEY: 839.6309
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 253
Weight: 499g
Height: 234mm
Width: 156mm
Spine width: 18mm