Fictions of life and death: Tomb automata in medieval romance

  • E R Truitt
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Abstract

While automata appear in medieval European textual sources in many different settings, they frequently cluster around tombs, memorials and other places associated with the dead. In several different literary examples, automata expose the unstable definitions of ‘life’ and ‘death’ and reveal contemporary ideas about the complexity and permeability of these categories.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • E R Truitt
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  1. 1.Department of HistoryBryn Mawr College

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