Transforming Talk : The Problem with Gossip in Late Medieval England /
In recent decades, scholars have shown an increasing interest in gossip's social, psychological, and literary functions. The first book-length study of medieval gossip, Transforming Talk shifts the current debate and argues that gossip functions primarily as a transformative discourse, influenc...
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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University Park, Pa. :
Pennsylvania State University Press,
2007.
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Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Introduction
- "Janglynge in cherche" : pastoral practice and idle talk
- Chaucerian small talk
- "Sisteris in schrift" : gossip's confessional kinship
- The gospel according to gossips, or how gossip got its name
- Conclusion.