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Literature as Recreation in the Later Middle Ages.

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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...

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Main Author: Olson, Glending (auth)
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Ithaca Cornell University Press 1986.
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Literary studies: classical, early & medieval.
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval
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Published 1982
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