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The voice of the hammer : the meaning of work in Middle English literature /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Masciandaro, Nicola, 1969-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, [2007]
Subjects:
English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism.
Work in literature.
Working class in literature.
Social classes in literature.
Labor > England > History > To 1500.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400. > Canterbury tales.
Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • "Labour of tonge" : the Middle English vocabulary of work
  • "Cause & fundacion of alle craftys" : imagining work's origins
  • "My werk" : Chaucer and the subject of swink.