Cannibalism in High Medieval English Literature [Hardcover]

This book reads the surprisingly widespread representations of cannibals and cannibalism in medieval English literature as political metaphors that were central to England's on-going process of articulating cultural and national identity.Cannibal Narratives Selfeaters: The Cannibal Narrative of Andreas Eotonweard: Watching for Cannibals in the Beowulf-manuscript Cannibal Kings: Communion and Community in Twelfth-Century England Tartars and Traitors: The Uses of Cannibalism in Matthew Paris's Chronica majora The Flesch of a Sarazeyn: Cannibalism, Genre and Nationalism

'...she [Blurton] assembles much new material, making us look at her subject again. Her book will thus be first port of call for researchers on anthropophagy.' - Andrew Breeze, Modern Language Review

HEATHER BLURTON is a lecturer in the Centre for Medieval Studies and the Department of English at the University of York, UK.