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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Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca : : Cornell University Press,, 1982. ©1982. |
Year of Publication: | 2019 1982 |
Language: | English |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (245 p. ) |
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