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Supernatural Encounters
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The belief in the reality of demons and the restless dead formed a central facet of the medieval worldview. In this volume, Stephen Gordon explores the ways in which conflicting ideas about the intention and agency of supernatural entities were understood and articulated in different social and literary contexts.
Autorentext
Stephen Gordon graduated with a PhD in medieval literature and archaeology from the University of Manchester, UK, and currently works at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is an interdisciplinary scholar of medieval and early modern supernatural belief and has published widely in his chosen research area.
Inhalt
Introduction; The Witch of Berkeley in Context; The Critical Function of the Walking Corpse in William of Newburgh's Historia rerum Anglicarum; Satirising the Undead: Walter Map and the Ambiguation of Wonder; Between Demons and the Undead: Preaching Practice and Local Belief in the Sermons of John Mirk; "But whan us liketh we kan take us oon': Vain Surfaces and Walking Corpses in Chaucer's Friar's Tale; Nightmares and the Supernatural Encounter; Epilogue; Index
Weitere Informationen
- Allgemeine Informationen
- GTIN 09781032082448
- Sprache Englisch
- Genre History
- Anzahl Seiten 244
- Größe H234mm x B156mm
- Jahr 2021
- EAN 9781032082448
- Format Kartonierter Einband
- ISBN 978-1-03-208244-8
- Veröffentlichung 02.08.2021
- Titel Supernatural Encounters
- Autor Stephen Gordon
- Untertitel Demons and the Restless Dead in Medieval England, c.10501450
- Gewicht 453g
- Herausgeber Routledge