Disability in the Middle Ages: Reconsiderations and Reverberations - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0754668223 ISBN 13: 9780754668220

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2010

Riassunto

What do we mean when we talk about disability in the Middle Ages? This volume brings together dynamic scholars working on the subject in medieval literature and history, who use the latest approaches from the field to address this central question. Contributors discuss such standard medieval texts as the Arthurian Legend, The Canterbury Tales and Old Norse Sagas, providing an accessible entry point to the field of medieval disability studies to medievalists. The essays explore a wide variety of disabilities, including the more traditionally accepted classifications of blindness and deafness, as well as perceived disabilities such as madness, pregnancy and age. Adopting a ground-breaking new approach to the study of disability in the medieval period, this provocative book will interest medievalists and scholars of disability throughout history.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Joshua R. Eyler is an Assistant Professor of English at Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia, USA.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0754668223
• ISBN 13: 9780754668220
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 248
• Redattore: Eyler Joshua R.
• Contatto del produttore: Taylor and Francis, GPSR Taylor and Francis; gpsr@taylorandfrancis.com; ; Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstraße 24; München; 80331; Germania