Literature as Recreation in the Later Middle Ages by Glending Olson

Literature as Recreation in the Later Middle Ages

Glending Olson

246 pages first pub 1982 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
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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 psycholog...

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