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...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1997.
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Series: | Cambridge studies in medieval literature ;
31. |
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Online Access: | Texto completo |