Unwiht: Shifting Boundaries of Humanity in Early Middle English Language and Literature.
- Author / Editor
- Parsons-Powell, Michelle E.
Unwiht: Shifting Boundaries of Humanity in Early Middle English Language and Literature.
- Published
- Ph.D. dissertation (Purdue University, 2022), Dissertation Abstracts International A85.01(E). Freely accessible at https://hammer.purdue.edu/articles/thesis/Unwiht_Shifting_Boundaries_of_Humnity_in_Early_Middle_English_Language_and_Literature/20399121 (accessed February 1, 2025).
- Physical Description
- 346 pp.
- Description
- Investigates the concept and diction of the "non-human person" in a range of early English texts from "Beowulf" to CT, tabulating and assessing the usage of various locutions for humans and near-humans. Includes attention to elves, fairies, giants, and monsters in CT.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Canterbury Tales--General
Language and Word Studies