Literature as recreation in the later Middle Ages / Glending Olson.

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
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1982.
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