RT Book
T1 Literature as recreation in the later Middle Ages
A1 Olson, Glending
LA English
PP Ithaca
PB Cornell University Press
YR 1982
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1691902012
AB 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 in order to refresh oneself-Glending Olson reveals that, contrary to much recent opinion, many medieval writers and thinkers accepted delight and enjoyment as valid goals of literature without always demanding moral profit as well. Drawing on a vast amount of primary material, including contemporary medical manuscripts and printed texts, Olson discusses theatrics, humanist literary criticism, prologues to romances and fabliaux, and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. He offers an extended examination of the framing story of Boccaccio's Decameron. Although intended principally as a contribution to the history of medieval literary theory and criticism, Literature as Recreation in the Later Middle Ages makes use of medical, psychological, and sociological insights that lead to a fuller understanding of late medieval secular culture.
OP 245
NO Includes bibliographical references and indexes. - Description based on print version record
CN 809/.02
SN 978-1-5017-4675-8
K1 Books and reading : History : To 1500 : Europe
K1 Literature, Medieval : History and criticism
K1 Amusements : History : To 1500 : Europe
K1 Literature and society : History : To 1500 : Europe
K1 Books and reading ; Europe ; History ; To 1500
K1 Literature, Medieval ; History and criticism
K1 Amusements ; Europe ; History ; To 1500
K1 Literature and society ; Europe ; History ; To 1500
K1 Middeleeuwen ; gtt
K1 Amusement ; gtt
K1 Lezen ; gtt
K1 Letterkunde ; gtt
K1 LITERARY CRITICISM ; Medieval
K1 Litterature medievale ; Histoire et critique
K1 Livres et lecture
K1 Civilisation medievale
K1 Spectacles et divertissements ; Histoire
K1 Litterature et societe ; Europe
K1 Books and reading
K1 Amusements
K1 Middeleeuwen
K1 Amusement
K1 Lezen
K1 Letterkunde
K1 Literature, Medieval
K1 Literature and society
K1 Europe
K1 History
K1 Criticism, interpretation, etc