LEADER 03605nam 22007095 450 001 9910300581503321 005 20251030105459.0 010 $a9781137540690 010 $a1137540699 024 7 $a10.1057/978-1-137-54069-0 035 $a(CKB)4100000004243416 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-137-54069-0 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5398065 035 $a(Perlego)3489228 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000004243416 100 $a20180517d2018 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSincerity in Medieval English Language and Literature /$fby Graham Williams 205 $a1st ed. 2018. 210 1$aLondon :$cPalgrave Macmillan UK :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2018. 215 $a1 online resource (XIII, 256 p.) 225 1 $aNew Approaches to English Historical Linguistics,$x2946-4064 311 08$a9781137540683 311 08$a1137540680 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aChapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Before sincerity: Pagan beliefs of language and emotion -- Chapter 3: God who knows the heart: The Christianization of language and emotion -- Chapter 4: Sincerity in contrition: From confessions to apologies -- Chapter 5: Sincerity in love: From ?caritas? to ?affectio maritalis? -- Chapter 6: Conclusion. 330 $aThis book traces the development of the ideal of sincerity from its origins in Anglo-Saxon monasteries to its eventual currency in fifteenth-century familiar letters. Beginning by positioning sincerity as an ideology at the intersection of historical pragmatics and the history of emotions, the author demonstrates how changes in the relationship between outward expression and inward emotions changed English language and literature. While the early chapters reveal that the notion of sincerity was a Christian intervention previously absent from Germanic culture, the latter part of the book provides more focused studies of contrition and love. In doing so, the author argues that under the rubric of courtesy these idealized emotions influenced English in terms of its everyday pragmatics and literary style. This fascinating volume will be of broad interest to scholars of medieval language, literature and culture. 410 0$aNew Approaches to English Historical Linguistics,$x2946-4064 606 $aHistorical linguistics 606 $aEuropean literature$yRenaissance, 1450-1600 606 $aLanguage and languages$xStyle 606 $aPragmatics 606 $aEuropean literature 606 $aComparative linguistics 606 $aHistorical Linguistics 606 $aEarly Modern and Renaissance Literature 606 $aStylistics 606 $aPragmatics 606 $aEuropean Literature 606 $aComparative Linguistics 615 0$aHistorical linguistics. 615 0$aEuropean literature 615 0$aLanguage and languages$xStyle. 615 0$aPragmatics. 615 0$aEuropean literature. 615 0$aComparative linguistics. 615 14$aHistorical Linguistics. 615 24$aEarly Modern and Renaissance Literature. 615 24$aStylistics. 615 24$aPragmatics. 615 24$aEuropean Literature. 615 24$aComparative Linguistics. 676 $a417.7 700 $aWilliams$b Graham$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0309270 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910300581503321 996 $aSincerity in Medieval English Language and Literature$92102272 997 $aUNINA