Shapeshifters in medieval North Atlantic literature

by Barreiro, Santiago Cordo Russo, Luciana

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Title Statements

Full title :Shapeshifters in medieval North Atlantic literature / edited by Santiago Barreiro and Luciana Cordo Russo.

Summary

Representations of shapeshifters are prominent in medieval culture and they are particularly abundant in the vernacular literatures of the societies around the North Sea. Some of the figures in these stories remain well known in later folklore and often even in modern media, such as werewolves, dragons, berserkir and bird-maidens. Incorporating studies about Old English, Norse, Latin, Irish, and Welsh literature, this collection of essays marks an important new contribution to the study of medieval shapeshifters.00Each essay highlights how shapeshifting cannot be studied in isolation, but intersects with many other topics, such as the supernatural, monstrosity, animality, gender and identity. Contributors to this volume come from different intellectual traditions, embracing a multidisciplinary approach combining influences from literary criticism, history, philology, and anthropology.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2019

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Amsterdam University Press B.V
Place of Publication:Amsterdam
Language:eng
Publication Date:2019

The Physical Object

Description:187 pages : 25 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9789462984479, 9462984476
oclc:on1151979276
LC Classification:PN682.M65
Dewey Decimal:809/.933740940902

Subjects

Animals, Mythical, in literature Animals, Mythical, in literature -- His… Criticism, interpretation, etc Europe History Literatur Literature, Medieval Literature, Medieval -- History and cri… Littérature médiévale -- Histoire et cr… Métamorphose Metamorphosis in literature Metamorphosis in literature -- History … Nordseeraum Shapeshifting Shapeshifting -- History -- To 1500. --… To 1500