By examining different readings of specific illnesses, this study shows how the social construction of epidemic diseases formed a kind of narrative wherein man attempts to take the control of the disease out of God's hands by connecting epidemic diseases to the sins of carnality.

First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This book studies the phenomena of monsters and marvels from the time of Pliny the Elder through the 14th century.

Bardzell unveils the way signification in medieval allegorical narrative depends not on Aristotelian theories of language, but rather on an alternative theory of language, which began with the Stoics and was transmitted through the Middle Ages via grammar theory.

First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Using a combination of formalist and psychology-based approaches, this work examines the triple knowledge of subjectivity, body, and language in medieval imaginative literature.