Literature as Recreation in the Later Middle Ages
This book studies attitudes toward secular literature during the later Middle Ages. Exploring two related medieval justifications of literary pleasure-one finding hygienic or therapeutic value in entertainment, and another stressing the psychological and ethical rewards of taking time out from work...
| Format: | eBook |
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| Language: | English |
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Ithaca
Cornell University Press
1986
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| Online Access: | Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication Open Access: DOAB, download the publication |