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Lies, slander, and obscenity in medieval English literature : pastoral rhetoric and the deviant speaker /

Drawing on manuscript sources, this book examines how the medieval clergy developed the authority and persuasive force to attempt to govern the day-to-day speech of Western Christians. It shows how attempts were made to portray some political, social and private speech as deviant and destructive, la...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Craun, Edwin D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Series:Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 31.
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