Metamorphosis and Identity

by Caroline Walker Bynum

Book Overview

An exploration of the roles of metamorphosis and hybridity in the establishment of personal identity, with particular emphasis on the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.

The four studies in this book center on the Western obsession with the nature of personal identity. Focusing on the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, but with an eye toward antiquity and the present, Caroline Walker Bynum explores the themes of metamorphosis and hybridity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1890951234
• ISBN13: 9781890951238
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Zone Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher