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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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Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Cornell University Press 2023
Διαθέσιμο Online:http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9780801414947/literature-as-recreation-in-the-later-middle-ages