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Record Number: 7384 Author(s)/Creator(s): Kay , Sarah. Contributor(s): Title: Flayed Skin as "objet a": Representation and Materiality in Guillaume de Deguileville’s "Pelerinage de vie humaine" [Allusions to flaying and stripping human flesh abound in Guillaume’s didactic allegory, which features female personifications embodying various abstractions. In the case of the Deadly Sins, flaying skin is linked to bodily punishment; in the case of Virtues, flayed skin alludes to Scripture and written documents (manuscripts being written on parchment, or flayed animal skin). Although Guillaume’s flaying theme presents skin as in some ways pointing towards a sublime immortality, the materiality of skin also represents the mortality of the body. Title note supplied by Feminae.]. Source: Medieval Fabrications: Dress, Textiles, Clothwork, and Other Cultural Imaginings.  Edited by E. Jane Burns.  Palgrave, 2004.  Pages 193 - 205. Description: Article Type: Essay Subject (See Also): Allegory Body in Literature Guillaume de Deguileville, Cistercian monk and poet- Pelerinage de Vie Humaine Lacan, Jacques, Psychoanalyst (1901-1981) Literature- Verse Manuscripts- Production Personification Psychoanalytic Theory Women in Literature Award Note: Geographic Area: France Century: 14 Primary Evidence: Illustrations: Table: Abstract: Related Resources: Author's Affiliation: University of Cambridge Conference Info: - , - Year of Publication: 2004. Language: English ISSN/ISBN: 1403961867

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