Transforming Tales

Transforming Tales
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 283
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ISBN-10 : 9780199686988
ISBN-13 : 019968698X
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Book Synopsis Transforming Tales by : Miranda Griffin

Download or read book Transforming Tales written by Miranda Griffin and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: '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.


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