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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Olson, Glending
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019.
Temas:
To 1500
Amusements > Europe > History > To 1500.
Books and reading > Europe > History > To 1500.
Literature and society > Europe > History > To 1500.
Literature, Medieval > History and criticism.
Littérature médiévale > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
Amusements
Books and reading
Literature and society
Literature, Medieval
Europe
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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