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Reading Skin in Medieval Literature and Culture

Reading Skin in Medieval Literature and Culture - The New Middle Ages

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Publisher's Synopsis

Skin is a multifarious image in medieval culture: the material basis for forming a sense of self and relation to the world, as well as a powerful literary and visual image. This book explores the presence of skin in medieval literature and culture from a range of literary, religious, aesthetic, historical, medical, and theoretical perspectives.

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Book information

ISBN: 9781349341771
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Pub date:
Edition: First edition
DEWEY: 820.93561
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 225
Weight: 3164g
Height: 216mm
Width: 140mm
Spine width: 13mm