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Sincerity in medieval English language and literature
- Title
- Sincerity in medieval English language and literature / Graham Williams.
- Author
- Williams, Graham T.
- Publication
- London, United Kingdom : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
- ©2018
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 256 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- This 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.
- Series Statement
- New approaches to English historical linguistics
- Uniform Title
- New approaches to English historical linguistics.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-248) and index.
- Call Number
- JFD 18-2944
- ISBN
- 1137540680
- 9781137540683
- 9781137540690 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2018934645
- OCLC
- 1020630435
- Author
- Williams, Graham T.
- Title
- Sincerity in medieval English language and literature / Graham Williams.
- Publisher
- London, United Kingdom : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- New approaches to English historical linguisticsNew approaches to English historical linguistics.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-248) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1100-1500
- Research Call Number
- JFD 18-2944