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Transforming tales : rewriting metamorphosis in medieval French literature
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Griffin, Miranda, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- French literature--To 1500--History and criticism.
- French literature.
- Metamorphosis in literature.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Transforming tales
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 'Transforming Tales' examines the idea of bodily transformation in French literature composed between the 12th and the 15th centuries, exploring the ways in which stories of transformation enable an insight into medieval ideas about humanity and arguing that metamorphosis can be read as a metaphor for rewriting in the Middle Ages.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 25, 2015).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-180408-8
- OCLC:
- 921242091
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