Cannibalism in High Medieval English Literature

• Author(s): H. Blurton,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 202
• ISBN_10: 1137115793
  ISBN_13: 9781137115799
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Criticism / Medieval , History / Europe / Medieval , History / Europe / Great Britain / General , Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical , History / World , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative , History / Europe / General ,

Description:... 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.