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Literature as Recreation in the Later Middle Ages /

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This book studies attitudes toward secular literature during the later Middle Ages. Exploring two related medieval justifications of literary pleasure-one finding hygienic or therapeutic value in entertainment, and another stressing the psychological and ethical rewards of taking time out from work...

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Main Author: Olson, Glending
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1982.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Middeleeuwen.
Amusement.
Lezen.
Letterkunde.
Literature, Medieval.
Literature and society.
Books and reading.
Amusements.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
Litterature medievale > Histoire et critique.
Livres et lecture.
Civilisation medievale.
Spectacles et divertissements > Histoire.
Litterature et societe > Europe.
Books and reading > Europe > History > To 1500.
Literature, Medieval > History and criticism.
Amusements > Europe > History > To 1500.
Literature and society > Europe > History > To 1500.
Europe.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. Medieval Attitudes toward Literary Pleasure
  • 2. The Hygienic Justification
  • 3. The Recreational Justification
  • 4. Some Literature for Solace
  • 5. From Plague to Pleasure
  • 6. The Decameron and Its Early Critics
  • Index of Sources
  • Index

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