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Lies, Slander and Obscenity in Medieval English Literature: Pastoral Rhetoric and the Deviant Speaker - Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature Craun, Edwin David (Henry S. Fox, Jr., Professor of English, Washington and Lee University, Virginia)
Lies, Slander and Obscenity in Medieval English Literature: Pastoral Rhetoric and the Deviant Speaker - Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature
Craun, Edwin David (Henry S. Fox, Jr., Professor of English, Washington and Lee University, Virginia)
This book examines how the medieval clergy tried 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 Sins of the Tongue.
272 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | November 3, 2005 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521022019 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 272 |
| Dimensions | 154 × 229 × 18 mm · 403 g |
| Language | English |
| Series Editor | Boyde, Patrick |
| Series Editor | Burrow, Professor John |
| Series Editor | Copeland, Rita |
| Series Editor | Deyermond, Alan |
| Series Editor | Dronke, Peter |
| Series Editor | Minnis, Alastair |
| Series Editor | Palmer, Nigel |
| Series Editor | Wetherbee, Winthrop |