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246 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781501746741
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 15 August 2019
Description
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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246 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781501746741
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 15 August 2019
Description
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...