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Transforming talk : the problem with gossip in late medieval England / Susan E. Phillips.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Phillips, Susan E., 1970-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400.
- English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Gossip in literature.
- Social interaction in literature.
- Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400--Criticism and interpretation.
- Chaucer, Geoffrey.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Physical Description:
- x, 238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2007]
- Contents:
- Introduction
- "Janglynge in cherche" : pastoral practice and idle talk
- Chaucerian small talk
- "Sisteris in schrift" : gossip's confessional kinship
- The gospel according to gossips, or how gossip got its name
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [209]-229) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780271029948
- 0271029943
- OCLC:
- 76141273
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