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Palgrave Macmillan

Cannibalism in High Medieval English Literature

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  • © 2007

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Part of the book series: The New Middle Ages (TNMA)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

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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.

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'...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

About the author

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

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