Maternity, Monstrosity, and Heroic (Im)Mortality from Homer to Shakespeare - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Sara BurdorffSeries:Monsters and Marvels. Alterity in the Medieval and Early Modern WorldsPublish date:2025-01-07Pages:336
Languages:EnglishPublisher:RoutledgeISBN-13:9789463728980ISBN-10:9463728988UPC:9789463728980Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Ancient and Classical, ModernBook Topic:16th Century, 17th CenturySize:9.29 x 6.22 x 1.18 inchesWeight:1.63Product ID:SCY91WX1DE
This work uses an adaptation of monster theory to rethink the foundations of epic-heroic immortality. Rather than focusing on a specific monster or monsters, the author identifies the belly-monstrous as a crucial point of intersection between mothers and warriors in traditional narratives of the Trojan War.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:RoutledgeISBN-13:9789463728980ISBN-10:9463728988UPC:9789463728980Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Ancient and Classical, ModernBook Topic:16th Century, 17th CenturySize:9.29 x 6.22 x 1.18 inchesWeight:1.63Product ID:SCY91WX1DE
Sara Frances Burdorff is an independent scholar and associate of the UCLA CMRS Center for Early Global Studies. She has a PhD in English from UCLA and an MPhil in Renaissance English from Cambridge University. In addition to Homer, Shakespeare, mothers, and monsters, her other research interests include Old English riddles and poetry. She has also appeared in public media as a myth and folklore expert on cryptids and other mysterious phenomena.
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