Beschreibung:
These essays analyze the medieval bestiary from both literary and art history perspectives, exploring issues including kinship, romance, sex, death, and the afterlife.
Acknowledgments , Introduction , Abbreviations , Figures A-k , Part 1.Social Realities , The Lion, Bloodline, and Kinship Margaret Haist , Misericord Owls and Medieval Anti-Semitism Mariko Miyzkazi , Part 2. Mortal Lessons , Bestiary Lessons on Pride and Lust Carmen Brown , Sex and the Bestiaries Debbra Hassig , The Phoenix and the Resurrection Valerie Jones , Part 3. Classical Inheritances , Did Imaginary Animals Exist Pamela Gravestock , Classical Ideology in the Medieval Bestiary J. Holli Wheatcroft , Part 4. Reading Beasts , Taboos and the Noly on Bodley 764 Alison Syme , Silences' Beasts Michelle Bolduc , Appendix: List of Bestiary and Physiologus Manuscripts , Contributors , Index of Creatures