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Medieval Monstrosity and the Female Body (Routledge Studies in Medieval Religion and Culture Book 8)

Name: Medieval Monstrosity and the Female Body (Routledge Studies in Medieval Religion and Culture Book 8)
Author: Sarah Alison Miller
ISBN: 9780415873598

Sarah Alison Miller

228 pages

Routledge

Aug 2010

1st Edition

All Fiction WSBN

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Miller argues that one incarnation of monstrosity in the Middle Ages - the female body - exists in special relation to medieval conceptualizations of the monstrous.　Because female corporeality is pervasive, proximate, and necessary, it illustrates the supreme allure and danger of the monster, thereby highlighting the powers and problems of teratology.

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