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Werewolves In Old Norseicelandic Literature Between The Monster And The Man Minjie Su

Name: Werewolves In Old Norseicelandic Literature Between The Monster And The Man Minjie Su
SKU: BELL-50331416
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Werewolves In Old Norseicelandic Literature Between The Monster And The Man Minjie Su instant download after payment.

Publisher: Brepols Pub

File Extension: PDF

File size: 2.2 MB

Pages: 225

Author: Minjie Su

ISBN: 9782503596006

Language: English

Year: 2023

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Werewolves In Old Norseicelandic Literature Between The Monster And The Man Minjie Su by Minjie Su 9782503596006 instant download after payment.

At the heart of any story of metamorphosis lies the issue of identity, and the tales of the werwulf (lit. 'man-wolf') are just as much about the wolf as about the man. What are the constituents of the human in general? What symbolic significance do they hold? How do they differ for different types of human? How would it affect the individual if one or more of these elements were to be subtracted? Focusing on a group of Old Norse-Icelandic werewolf narratives, many of which have hitherto been little studied, this insightful book sets out to answer these questions by exploring how these texts understood and conceptualized what it means to be human. At the heart of this investigation are five factors key to the werewolf existence -skin, clothing, food, landscape, and purpose - and these are innovatively examined through a cross-disciplinary approach that carefully teases apart the interaction between two polarizations: the external and social, and the interior and psychological. Through this approach, the volume presents a comprehensive new look at the werewolf not only as a supernatural creature and a literary motif, but also as a metaphor that bears on the relationship between human and non-human, between Self and Other, and that is able to situate the Old-Norse texts into a broader intellectual discourse that extends beyond medieval Iceland and Norway.