LEADER 03207oam 22005654a 450 001 996328036903316 005 20210915045225.0 010 $a1-5017-4674-X 010 $a1-5017-4675-8 024 7 $a10.7591/9781501746758 035 $a(CKB)4100000010105081 035 $a(OCoLC)1122607066 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse77952 035 $a(DE-B1597)535323 035 $a(OCoLC)1127110026 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501746758 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010105081 100 $a19820302d1982 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aLiterature as Recreation in the Later Middle Ages$fGlending Olson 210 1$aIthaca :$cCornell University Press,$d1982. 210 4$dİ1982. 215 $a1 online resource (245 p. ) 311 $a1-5017-4676-6 311 $a0-8014-1494-6 311 $a9781501746741 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tAbbreviations --$t1. Medieval Attitudes toward Literary Pleasure --$t2. The Hygienic Justification --$t3. The Recreational Justification --$t4. Some Literature for Solace --$t5. From Plague to Pleasure --$t6. The Decameron and Its Early Critics --$tIndex of Sources --$tIndex 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aBooks and reading$zEurope$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aLiterature, Medieval$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmusements$zEurope$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aLiterature and society$zEurope$xHistory$yTo 1500 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aBooks and reading$xHistory 615 0$aLiterature, Medieval$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmusements$xHistory 615 0$aLiterature and society$xHistory 676 $a809/.02 700 $aOlson$b Glending$01024355 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996328036903316 996 $aLiterature as Recreation in the Later Middle Ages$92434379 997 $aUNISA