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Reading Skin in Medieval Literature and Culture - The New Middle Ages Katie L Walter
Reading Skin in Medieval Literature and Culture - The New Middle Ages
Katie L Walter
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.
248 pages, 3 black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | March 20, 2013 |
| ISBN13 | 9780230338708 |
| Publishers | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Genre | Chronological Period > Medieval (500-1453) Studies |
| Pages | 225 |
| Dimensions | 138 × 223 × 19 mm · 385 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Walter, K. |