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Animal skins and the reading self in medieval Latin and French bestiaries
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Animal skins and the reading self in medieval Latin and French bestiaries / Sarah Kay.
ISBN
9780226436739
022643673X
9780226436876
Publication
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
Copyright Notice Date
©2017
Physical Description
xv, 203 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 30, 2017
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: skin, suture, and caesura
Book, word, page
Garments of skin
Orifices and the library
Cutting the skin: sacrifice, sovereignty, and the space of exception
The riddle of recognition
Skin, the inner senses, and the soul as "inner life"
Conclusion: reading bestiaries.
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