Torture and Brutality in Medieval Literature: Negotiations of National Identity
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| Rating | : | 4.63 (681 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1843842882 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-30 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
These lurid images of medieval torture have re-emerged within recent discussions on American foreign policy and the introduction of torture legislation as a weapon in the "War on Terror", and raised questions about its history and reality, particularly given its proliferation in some literary genres and its relative absence in others. Torture and brutality are intertextual literary motifs that negotiate cultural anxieties of national identity; by situating these practices outside their own boundaries in the realm of the barbarian "O
Larissa Tracy is Associate Professor, Longwood University.
Introduction quo Rumsfield/Cheney/Bush denouncing torture even while the greeced wht wheels to hide their own desent into sadis Janet Mackie This well researched book gives a very interesting background on the "history" of Torture (even CIA Torture is not "new" and certainly not just some "medieval" aberration )
CHOICE Larissa Tracey's book constitutes an illuminating challenge to popular conceptions of the Middle Ages. REVIEW OF ENGLISH STUDIES (T)he ambitious scope of this project is impressive and laudable. MODERN LANGUAGE REVIEW An important and provocative book. SPECULUM . TLS Tracy's in-depth study historicizes torture, demonstrating that, as a rare topos of medieval literature, it predominantly articulated a distrust and rejection of violent judicial practices. () a truly impressive (book) in the range of its historical and geographic coverage. THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW The value of this book rests not only in its redefinition of medieval attitud