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Author Boyer, Tina Marie, author

Title The giant hero in medieval literature / by Tina Marie Boyer
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 265 pages)
Series Explorations in Medieval Culture Ser
Explorations in Medieval Culture Ser
Contents Introduction -- The giant in the medieval mind. St. Augustine and the monstrous races; Biblical giants; Theological conceptions; Secular and courtly conceptions -- The monster from the outside. Sigenot; The giantesses of the Eckenlied; Grauer Rock (Orendel) -- Misplaced loyalties and evil minions. Daniel von dem Bluhenden Tal; Virginal; Laurin and Walberan -- A fighter for court and hero. Konig Rother; Boeve de Haumtome; Nibelungenlied -- Of monstrous courts and heroes. Herzog Ernst; The questing giant; Fierabras; Eckenlied -- Conclusion -- Questions of monstrous identity in romances and epics -- Our medieval inheritance
Summary In The Giant Hero in Medieval Literature Tina Boyer counters the monstrous status of giants by arguing that they are more broadly legible than traditionally believed. Building on an initial analysis of St. Augustine's City of God, Bernard of Clairvaux's deliberations on monsters and marvels, and readings in Tomasin von Zerclaere's Welsche Gast provide insights into the spectrum of antagonistic and heroic roles that giants play in the courtly realm. This approach places the figure of the giant within the cultural and religious confines of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries and allows an in-depth analysis of epics and romances through political, social, religious, and gender identities tied to the figure of the giant. Sources range from German to French, English, and Iberian works
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 07, 2016)
Subject German literature -- Middle High German, 1050-1500 -- History and criticism
Giants (Folklore) in literature
Heroes in literature.
Outsiders in literature.
Arthurian romances -- History and criticism
French literature -- To 1500 -- History and criticism
Civilization, Medieval, in literature.
Strangers in literature.
Noncitizens in literature.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
Strangers in literature
Noncitizens in literature
Arthurian romances
Civilization, Medieval, in literature
French literature
German literature -- Middle High German
Giants in literature
Heroes in literature
Outsiders in literature
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2016019082
ISBN 9789004316416
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