abstract: This paper utilizes insights from emerging monster theory, particularly the idea that monsters are cultural representations, to examine the representation of the Gyant and the figure Talus in Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene. The thesis posits that contrary to most critical readings, the episode concerning the Gyant focuses on a portion of the 16th century English Cultural Body-the peasants, rather than the Irish or another cultural subgroup. The thesis also argues that through the application of monster theory, the complicated political sympathies of the author towards the English lower class emerge, and the English third estate gains a voice. / Dissertation/Thesis / M.A. English 2014
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:asu.edu/item:24991 |
| Date | January 2014 |
| Contributors | Turney, Brittany Rochelle (Author), Fox, Cora (Advisor), Holbo, Christine (Committee member), Corse, Taylor (Committee member), Arizona State University (Publisher) |
| Source Sets | Arizona State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Masters Thesis |
| Format | 43 pages |
| Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/, All Rights Reserved |
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