Cannibalism in High Medieval English Literature

This book reads the surprisingly widespread representations of cannibals and cannibalism in medieval English literature as political metaphors that were central to England's on-going process of articulating cultural and national identity.

Author: H. Blurton
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 07/24/2007
Pages: 202
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.42h x 5.90w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781403974433

About the Author
HEATHER BLURTON is a lecturer in the Centre for Medieval Studies and the Department of English at the University of York, UK.