Reading Skin in Medieval Literature and Culture

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Reading Skin in Medieval Literature and Culture is written by K. Walter and published by Springer. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1137084642 (ISBN 10) and 9781137084644 (ISBN 13).

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.