Lies, Slander and Obscenity in Medieval English Literature
Edwin David (Henry S. Fox, Jr., Professor of English, Washington and Lee University, Virginia) Craun
Cambridge University Press, 1997
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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.
- ISBN-13
- 9780521496902
- ISBN-10
- 052149690X
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 1997
- Publication date
- 1997-06-16
- Pages
- 272
- Dimensions
- 159x237x27
- Weight
- 572