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.
Subjects:
Gower, John, > 1325?-1408 > Political and social views.
Langland, William, > 1330?-1400? > Piers Plowman.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400. > Canterbury tales.
Gower, John, > 1325?-1408.
Patience (Middle English poem)
Canterbury tales (Chaucer, Geoffrey)
Piers Plowman (Langland, William)
1100 - 1500
English poetry > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism.
Pastoral poetry, English > History and criticism.
Christianity and literature > England.
Deviant behavior in literature.
Point of view (Literature)
Semiotics and literature.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Rhetoric, Medieval.
Poésie anglaise > 1100-1500 (Moyen anglais) > Histoire et critique.
Christianisme et littérature > Angleterre.
Déviance dans la littérature.
Point de vue (Littérature)
Sémiotique et littérature.
Narration.
Rhétorique médiévale.
POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Christianity and literature.
English poetry > Middle English.
Pastoral poetry, English.
Political and social views.
England.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The pastoral movement and deviant speech: major texts
  • 2. The lies of the Fall, the tongues of Pentecost: typing and converting the deviant speaker
  • 3. Exemplifying deviant speech: murmur in Patience
  • 4. Confessing the deviant speaker: verbal deception in the Confessio Amantis
  • 5. Reforming deviant social practices: turpiloquium/scurrilitas in the B Version of Piers Plowman
  • 6. Restraining the deviant speaker: Chaucer's Manciple and Parson.

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