Literature as Recreation in the Later Middle Ages /

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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Príomhchruthaitheoir: Olson, Glending
Formáid: Leictreonach Ríomhleabhar
Teanga:Béarla
Foilsithe / Cruthaithe: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1982.
Sraith:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Clár na nÁbhar:
  • 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