Title
Outsiders : the humanity and inhumanity of giants in medieval French prose romance / Sylvia Huot.
ISBN
9780268081812 (electronic book)
0268081816 (electronic book)
9780268081836 (electronic publication)
0268081832 (electronic publication)
9780268031121
Published
Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2016]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource ( ix, 348 pages.)
Call Number
PQ221 .H86 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
840.9/375
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
Source of Description
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 11, 2016).
Series
Conway lectures in medieval studies.
Cover; OUTSIDERS; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Chapter 1 Inhuman Men and Knightly Fiends: The Vexed Humanity of Giants; Chapter 2 An Alien Presence: Giants as Markers of Race, Class, and Culture; Chapter 3 Touching the Absolute: Violence, Death, and Love; Chapter 4 Giants and Saracens in the Prose Tristan: Rival Narratives, Hostile Desires, and the Struggle to (Re)write History; Chapter 5 Outsiders in the Story: Galehot, Palamedes, and Saladin; Chapter 6 Desire, Subjectivity, and the Humanity of Giants; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography.
