Introducing the medieval ass
Introducing the Medieval Ass considers the fascinating ways that medieval people understood the ass, or donkey. A beast of burden and metaphor for human behaviour, medieval authors used the ass's assumed traits - irrationality, humility, stubbornness, sexual perversion - to educate, entertain,...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Cardiff : University of Wales Press,
2020
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| Ausgabe: | 1. ed. |
| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | Medieval animals
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| Schlagworte: | English literature Donkeys in literature English literature-History and criticism-Middle English, 1100-1500 Electronic books |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource (98 pages) |
| Zusammenfassung: | Introducing the Medieval Ass considers the fascinating ways that medieval people understood the ass, or donkey. A beast of burden and metaphor for human behaviour, medieval authors used the ass's assumed traits - irrationality, humility, stubbornness, sexual perversion - to educate, entertain, and enthral. Intro -- Half-title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Series editors' preface -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of illustrations -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The Natural World of the Ass -- The Religious Ass -- The Scholastic Ass -- The Ass in Literature -- Postscript: The Medieval Ass in the Post-Medieval Era -- Endnotes -- Further reading -- Bibliography. |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (98 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781786836243 1786836246 |