Introducing the Medieval Swan (Medieval Animals) - Softcover

Buch 3 von 5: Medieval Animals

Goodison, Natalie Jayne

 
9781786838391: Introducing the Medieval Swan (Medieval Animals)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1786838397 ISBN 13: 9781786838391
Verlag: University of Wales Press, 2022

Inhaltsangabe

A wide-ranging account of the place of the swan in medieval culture.

Swans possess a striking beauty, and they are imbued with a sense of regal mystery that makes them some of the most fascinating of wild creatures. Introducing the Medieval Swan traces those characteristics to their roots in the medieval era. Opening with a study of the natural history of the swan as understood in the period, the book then moves to literary motifs that feature swans transforming into humans, particularly the legend of the Knight of the Swan. The third chapter examines the place of the swan as an icon of the Lancasters, and the book then explores the swan’s place as a delicacy at extravagant feasts. Finally, we learn how the characteristics the medieval era associated with swans developed over the centuries to the present.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Natalie Jayne Goodison teaches in the Department of English Studies at Durham University. Her research is in medieval romance, embodiment, and the history of ideas, having published on medieval birth girdles, the fair unknown tradition, and genetic possibilities in The King of Tars. Her first research project focused on transformations of the body in romance, which featured swans.

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Verlag
University of Wales Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2022
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1786838397
ISBN 13 
9781786838391
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Anzahl der Seiten
197
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