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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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Phillips, Susan E., 1970-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, 2007.
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.