In the Skin of a Beast: Sovereignty and Animality in Medieval France

by Peggy McCracken

In medieval literature, when humans and animals meet--whether as friends or foes--issues of mastery and submission are often at stake. In the Skin of a Beast shows how the concept of sovereignty comes to the fore in such narratives, reflecting larger concerns about relations of authority and dominion at play in both human-animal and human-human interactions.

Peggy McCracken discusses a range of literary texts and images from medieval...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022645892X
• ISBN13: 9780226458922
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"