03207oam 22005654a 450 99632803690331620210915045225.01-5017-4674-X1-5017-4675-810.7591/9781501746758(CKB)4100000010105081(OCoLC)1122607066(MdBmJHUP)muse77952(DE-B1597)535323(OCoLC)1127110026(DE-B1597)9781501746758(EXLCZ)99410000001010508119820302d1982 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierLiterature as Recreation in the Later Middle AgesGlending OlsonIthaca :Cornell University Press,1982.©1982.1 online resource (245 p. )1-5017-4676-6 0-8014-1494-6 9781501746741 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Frontmatter --Contents --Preface --Abbreviations --1. Medieval Attitudes toward Literary Pleasure --2. The Hygienic Justification --3. The Recreational Justification --4. Some Literature for Solace --5. From Plague to Pleasure --6. The Decameron and Its Early Critics --Index of Sources --IndexThis 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.Books and readingEuropeHistoryTo 1500Literature, MedievalHistory and criticismAmusementsEuropeHistoryTo 1500Literature and societyEuropeHistoryTo 1500Electronic books. Books and readingHistoryLiterature, MedievalHistory and criticism.AmusementsHistoryLiterature and societyHistory809/.02Olson Glending1024355MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK996328036903316Literature as Recreation in the Later Middle Ages2434379UNISA02478nam 2200637 450 991079119420332120161219111840.081-321-1824-393-5388-119-693-5150-793-981-321-1962-2(CKB)2550000001307988(EBL)1698985(OCoLC)881162145(SSID)ssj0001224132(PQKBManifestationID)12521142(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001224132(PQKBWorkID)11262171(PQKB)10641779(MiAaPQ)EBC1698985(OCoLC)986695188(StDuBDS)EDZ0001316236(Au-PeEL)EBL1698985(CaPaEBR)ebr10875402(CaONFJC)MIL613676(EXLCZ)99255000000130798820160107d2016 fy| 0engur|||||||||||txtccrConsumer culture, modernity and identity /edited by Nita MathurNew Delhi :SAGE,2016.1 online resource illustrationsDescription based upon print version of record.81-321-1127-3 1-306-82425-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.'Consumer Culture, Modernity and Identity' offers analysis of articulation of consumer culture and modernity in everyday lives of people in a transnational framework. It pursues three broad themes: lifestyle and construction of modern identity; fashion and identity; and subaltern concerns and moral subjectivities. It juxtaposes empirical studies with theoretical traditions in addressing questions such as: How do people imagine modernity and identity in consumer culture? What does modernity or 'being modern' mean to people in different societies? Are modernity and tradition antithetical to or develop an interface with each other?Consumption (Economics)Social aspectsConsumersGroup identitySocial stratificationConsumption (Economics)Social aspects.Consumers.Group identity.Social stratification.306.3Mathur NitaStDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910791194203321Consumer culture, modernity and identity3818115UNINA