TY  - GEN
T1  - Shapeshifters in medieval north Atlantic literature
T2  - Early medieval North Atlantic ;
A2  - Barreiro, Santiago
A2  - Cordo Russo, Luciana
LA  - English
PP  - Amsterdam
PB  - Amsterdam University Press
YR  - 2019
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1087502786
AB  - 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.
OP  - 187
CN  - PN682.M65
SN  - 9789048535132
SN  - 9048535131
SN  - 9789462984479
SN  - 9462984476
KW  - Literature, Medieval : History and criticism.
KW  - Monsters in literature.
KW  - Littérature médiévale : Histoire et critique.
KW  - Monstres dans la littérature.
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY : Literary.
KW  - HISTORY : Medieval.
KW  - Literature, Medieval
KW  - Monsters in literature
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
ER  -