tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post2227295060504351318..comments2024-03-10T20:46:19.274-04:00Comments on In the Middle: GiantsCord J. Whitakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06224143153295429986noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-42479249496305468552014-05-16T10:31:34.571-04:002014-05-16T10:31:34.571-04:00Really useful précis. Thanks! I'd just add tha...Really useful précis. Thanks! I'd just add that the <i>narrative</i> version of giants is also there to signal a fight, an intensification of danger, or a break between one territory and another. That is, there's a kind of 'abstract' giant that functions as pure narrative force, because a simple knight won't do. This on my mind only because my fun reading right now is Jean d'Arras's Melusine, where the giants seem to work in just this way.medievalkarlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12440542200843836794noreply@blogger.com