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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Формат: | Электронный ресурс eКнига |
Язык: | английский |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
1982.
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Оглавление:
- 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