Katie L. Walter

Broschiertes Buch

Middle English Mouths

Beschreibung

Through new readings of canonical Middle English texts in relation to broader traditions and practices of the body and the senses, knowledge and ethics, this study offers an original contribution towards a history both of the human body and of medieval Christianity.

Autor

Katie L. Walter is Senior Lecturer in Medieval English Literature at the University of Sussex. She is the editor of Reading Skin in Medieval Literature and Culture (2013), The Culture of Inquisition in Medieval England (with Mary Flannery, 2013), and a special issue of Textual Practice on 'Prosthesis in Medieval and Early Modern Culture' (with Chloe Porter and Margaret Healy, 2016). Dr Walter has published essays on the body, skin, flesh and the senses, as well as on medieval literary theories and reading practices.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9781108445290
• ISBN-10: 1108445292
• Artikelnr.: 60798980