Reading Skin in Medieval Literature and Culture

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.

Author: K. Walter
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 03/20/2013
Pages: 225
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.50w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780230338708

About the Author
Isabel Davis; Birkbeck College, University of London, UK Lara Farina; West Virginia University, USA Virgina Langum; Umeå University, Sweden Robert Mills; University College London, UK Julie Orlemanski; Boston College, USA Elizabeth Robertson; University of Glasgow, UK Susan Small; King's University College at the University of Western Ontario, Canada Karl Steel; Brooklyn College of CUNY, USA