| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 219 pages) : illustrations |
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Garland medieval casebooks ; volume 22 |
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Garland reference library of the humanities ; volume 2076 |
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Garland reference library of the humanities ; v. 2076.
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Garland reference library of the humanities. Garland medieval casebooks ; v. 22.
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| Contents |
Lion, bloodline, and kingship / Margaret Haist -- Misericord owls and medieval anti-semitism / Mariko Miyazaki -- Bestiary lessons on pride and lust / Carmen Brown -- Sex in the bestiaries / Debra Hassig -- Phoenix and the resurrection / Valerie Jones -- Did imaginary animals exist? / Pamela Gravestock -- Classical ideology in the medieval bestiary / J. Hollis Wheatcroft -- Taboos and the holy in Bodley 764 / Alison Syme -- Silence's beasts / Michelle Bolduc |
| Summary |
These essays analyze the medieval bestiary from both literary and art history perspectives, exploring issues including kinship, romance, sex, death, and the afterlife |
| Bibliography |
"List of bestiary and physiologus manuscripts": pages 211-213 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Bestiaries -- History and criticism
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Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- History and criticism
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Literature, Medieval -- History and criticism.
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Animals, Mythical, in literature.
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Animals, Mythical, in art.
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Animals in literature.
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Animals in art.
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Literature, Medieval.
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Literature, Medieval
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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Animals in art
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Animals in literature
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Animals, Mythical, in art
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Animals, Mythical, in literature
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Bestiaries
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Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)
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Literature, Medieval
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Tierdichtung
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Bestiaria.
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Animaux fabuleux -- Dans l'art.
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Art chrétien -- Moyen-Age -- Thèmes, motifs.
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Bestiaires -- Dans l'art.
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Bestiaires -- Histoire et critique.
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Littérature médiévale -- Thèmes, motifs.
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Animaux -- Dans la littérature.
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Animaux -- Dans l'art.
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Animaux fabuleux -- Dans la littérature.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Strickland, Debra Higgs, 1958-
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| ISBN |
9781135660383 |
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1135660387 |
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9781315052458 |
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1315052458 |
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