Pride and Prodigies

Pride and Prodigies
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Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Total Pages : 370
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ISBN-10 : 0802085830
ISBN-13 : 9780802085832
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Book Synopsis Pride and Prodigies by : Andy Orchard

Download or read book Pride and Prodigies written by Andy Orchard and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this series of detailed studies, Andy Orchard demonstrates the changing range of Anglo-Saxon attitudes towards the monstrous by reconsidering the monsters of Beowulf against the background of early medieval and patristic teratology and with reference to specific Anglo-Saxon texts.


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