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Literature as Recreation in the Later Middle Ages
This chapter is in the book Literature as Recreation in the Later Middle Ages
© 2019 Cornell University Press, Ithaca

© 2019 Cornell University Press, Ithaca

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter 1
  2. Contents 7
  3. Preface 9
  4. Abbreviations 15
  5. 1. Medieval Attitudes toward Literary Pleasure 19
  6. 2. The Hygienic Justification 39
  7. 3. The Recreational Justification 90
  8. 4. Some Literature for Solace 128
  9. 5. From Plague to Pleasure 164
  10. 6. The Decameron and Its Early Critics 205
  11. Index of Sources 233
  12. Index 235
https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501746758-005

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter 1
  2. Contents 7
  3. Preface 9
  4. Abbreviations 15
  5. 1. Medieval Attitudes toward Literary Pleasure 19
  6. 2. The Hygienic Justification 39
  7. 3. The Recreational Justification 90
  8. 4. Some Literature for Solace 128
  9. 5. From Plague to Pleasure 164
  10. 6. The Decameron and Its Early Critics 205
  11. Index of Sources 233
  12. Index 235
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