{"product_id":"lies-slander-and-obscenity-in-medieval-english-literature-pastoral-rhetoric-and-the-deviant-speaker-paperback-9780521022019","title":"Lies, Slander and Obscenity in Medieval English Literature; Pastoral Rhetoric and the Deviant Speaker (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521022019","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLies, Slander and Obscenity in Medieval English Literature\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePastoral Rhetoric and the Deviant Speaker\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book examines clerical discourse in Chaucer, Langland, Gower and the 'Patience' poet.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEdwin David Craun (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521022019, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 3 November 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.4 x 1.8 cm, 0.427 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This is a highly scholarly and very illuminating contribution to our knowledge of the way in which pastoral and literary discourse interact in the Middle Ages.' The Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDrawing on manuscript sources, this book examines how the medieval clergy developed the authority and persuasive force to attempt to govern the day-to-day speech of Western Christians. It shows how attempts were made to portray some political, social and private speech as deviant and destructive, labelling it lying, slander, blasphemy and other Sins of the Tongue. It explores, for the first time, how Chaucer, Langland, Gower and the 'Patience' poet use the different strains of this pastoral discourse not only to expose the destructive power of speech in political and social life but also to judge clerical claims to authority and efficacy in formulating and applying codes of speech.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The pastoral movement and deviant speech: major texts\u003cbr\u003e 2. The lies of the Fall, the tongues of Pentecost: typing and converting the deviant speaker\u003cbr\u003e 3. Exemplifying deviant speech: murmur in Patience\u003cbr\u003e 4. Confessing the deviant speaker: verbal deception in the Confessio Amantis\u003cbr\u003e 5. Reforming deviant social practices: turpiloquium\/scurrilitas in the B Version of Piers Plowman\u003cbr\u003e 6. Restraining the deviant speaker: Chaucer's Manciple and Parson\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20classical,%20early%20\u0026amp;%20medieval%20%5BDSBB%5D%22\"\u003eDSBB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006167044376,"sku":"9780521022019","price":37.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521022019i.jpg?v=1694963550","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/lies-slander-and-obscenity-in-medieval-english-literature-pastoral-rhetoric-and-the-deviant-speaker-paperback-9780521022019","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}