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English

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2019

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Thomas Honegger

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2019

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Publié par

University of Wales Press

Date de parution

15 août 2019

Nombre de lectures

EAN13

9781786834690

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

17 Mo

The aim of this book is to explore the characteristics of the medieval dragon and discuss the sometimes differing views found in the relevant medieval text types. Based on an intimate knowledge of the primary texts, the study presents new interpretations of well-known literary works, and also takes into consideration paintings and other depictions of these beasts. Dragons were designed not only to frighten but also to fire the imagination, and provide a suitably huge and evil creature for the hero to overcome – yet there is far more to them than reptilian adversaries. This book introduces the medieval dragon via brief, accurate and clear chapters on its natural history, religion, literature and folklore, and concludes with how the dragon – from Beowulf to Tolkien, Disney and Potter – is constantly revived.

Preface
List of illustrations
Introduction
The Dragon and Medieval Scholarship
The Dragon and Medieval Religion
The Medieval Dragon and Folklore
The Dragon and Medieval Literature
Outlook and Conclusion
Endnotes
Further reading
Bibliography
Index

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Publié par

University of Wales Press

Date de parution

15 août 2019

EAN13

9781786834690

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

17 Mo

INTRODUCING THE MEDIEVAL D R A G O N

INTRODUCING THE MEDIEVAL D R A G O N THOMAS HONEGGER

UNIVERSITY OF WALES PRESS 2019

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SERIES EDITORS’ PREFACE

HE UNIVERSITY OF WALES Press series on Medieval devTeloping new insights, analysing cultural, social and theo Animals explores the historical and cultural impact of animals in this formative period, with the aim of logical tensions and revealing their remarkable resonances with our contemporary world. The series investigates ideas about animals in medieval Europe, from the ﬁfth century to the sixteenth. Medieval thought on animals beneﬁtted from a rich classical inheritance, and some attitudes towards animals that we might consider as having characterized the Middle Ages persisted up to the Enlightenment era – and even to the present day. When we think about medieval animals, we mightvariously mean livestock, individual specimens of the genus or species in a particular historical era, or the companion and support to practical human concerns ranging from travel to arable harvests; we might also speak of symbolic creatures and emblems, ﬁctional creatures whose existence is rooted in medieval imagination, the bestiary creature lauded or dis paraged for its association with culturally coded behavioural

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traits, or the animal of natural hierarchy who provides the philosophical and symbolic counterpoint to reason orcivilization – the animal as nonhuman. The titles in theseries therefore engage with theoretical perspectives and philosophical questions from both the medieval andmodern eras, with a concern for intersectional approachesbringing together animality with studies of gender, sexuality, race and postcolonial theory. They build on the diverse and inﬂuential reﬂexes of the ‘animal turn’ in critical theory and humanities scholarship, encompassing bothanimality studies(on the relation of human and animal in cultural studies) and animal studies(with its concomitant considerations for non human advocacy). A range of different formats has been chosen to reﬂect the diversity of the medieval primary sources and the wide interdisciplinary academic research they have inspired which will encourage a general readership through pithy, accessi ble and appealing books. Medieval Animals is the ﬁrst series to systematically explore the roles and perceptions of indi vidual animals during the Middle Ages. The ‘Introducing…’ titles focus on the importance of speciﬁc animals in art,literature and history; the primary sources reader is designed to support deeper and broader access to evidence encom passing art and architecture, documentary and literary sources, scientiﬁc texts and zooarchaeology; ﬁnally, longer academic studies engage with and advance the ﬁeld. The series promotes work that challenges preconceptions, advances the ﬁeld of study, and engages a wide readership.

Diane Heath and Victoria Blud Series editors

Preface

CONT

List of illustrations

Introduction

ENT

The Dragon and Medieval Scholarship

The Dragon and Medieval Religion

The Medieval Dragon and Folklore

The Dragon and Medieval Literature

Outlook and Conclusion

Endnotes