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Lies, Slander and Obscenity in Medieval English Literature

Lies, Slander and Obscenity in Medieval English Literature

Craun, Edwin David

Hardcover

Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature, Book 31

Literary CriticismGeneral Poetry

ISBN10: 052149690X
ISBN13: 9780521496902
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Jun 16 1997
Pages: 272
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.90 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Drawing on manuscript sources, this book examines how the medieval clergy developed the authority and persuasive force to attempt to govern the day-to-day speech of Western Christians. It explores, for the first time, how Chaucer, Langland, Gower and the Patience poet presented and judged these attempts to label some political, social and private speech as deviant and destructive--as lying, slander, blasphemy and other Sins of the Tongue.

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