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Larissa Tracy - Torture and Brutality in Medieval Literature: Negotiations of National Identity - 9781843842880 - V9781843842880
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Torture and Brutality in Medieval Literature: Negotiations of National Identity

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Description for Torture and Brutality in Medieval Literature: Negotiations of National Identity Hardback. Negotiations of National Identity. 338 pages, black & white illustrations. A new look at the way in which medieval European literature depicts torture and brutality. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DSBB; JFFE. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 31. Weight: 680.
A new look at the way in which medieval European literature depicts torture and brutality. An ugly subject, but one that needs to be treated thoroughly and comprehensively, with a discreet wit and no excessive relish. These needs are richly satisfied in Larissa Tracy's bold and important book. DEREK PEARSALL, ProfessorEmeritus, Harvard University. Torture - that most notorious aspect of medieval culture and society - has evolved into a dominant mythology, suggesting that the Middle Ages was a period during which sadistic torment wasinflicted on citizens with impunity and without provocation: popular museums displaying such gruesome ... Read more

Product Details

Publication date
2012
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
338
Condition
New
Format
Hardback
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843842880
SKU
V9781843842880
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Ref
99-50

About Larissa Tracy
Larissa Tracy is Professor of Medieval Literature at Longwood University. She has published extensively on medieval violence and its intersections with literature, law, medicine, and social identity.

Reviews for Torture and Brutality in Medieval Literature: Negotiations of National Identity
A substantial and broadly based approach to the topic, one in which scholars from many different fields of medieval literature will find material of interest.
MODERN LANGUAGE REVIEW
An important and provocative book.
HISTORY
Tracy's insights regarding writers' (often specious) rejections of torture as belonging to an alienated past, a pagan oppressor or a foreign enemy, ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Torture and Brutality in Medieval Literature: Negotiations of National Identity


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