Inconceivable beasts

• Verfasst von: Mittman, Asa Simon
• Verfasst von: Kim, Susan M.
• Titel: Inconceivable beasts
• Titelzusatz: the Wonders of the East in the Beowulf manuscript
• Verf.angabe: Asa Simon Mittman and Susan M. Kim
• Verlagsort: Tempe, Ariz.
• Verlag: ACMRS, Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
• Jahr: 2013
• Umfang: XII, 273 S., [16] Bl.
• Illustrationen: Ill.
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies ; vol. 433
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 978-0-86698-481-2
• Schlagwörter: (t)Beowulf / (s)Ungeheuer
• Schlagwörter: (s)Ungeheuer / (s)Englisch / (s)Literatur / (t)Beowulf
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 1603818057

Abstract

Introduction: Conceiving of the inconceivable -- The Wonders of the East -- The dittology of the tripled double men -- Naked monsters and men in monster suits: looking at the body in the Beowulf manuscript -- Monstrous genitals -- Framing "the real": spatial relations on the page and in the world -- "In the same place": the location of identity in the wonders -- "Whate'er the fury of the flames has spar'd": vision, loss, and the Wonders of the East -- "Be hwilcum cnottum": concluding gestures