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East Lynne was first written as a serial, and appeared in the New
Monthly Magazine from January 1860 through September 1861. Its
combination of suspense, doomed love, scandal and tragic remorse
made it immensely successful, and it has remained the most famous
and widely read of Mrs. Henry Wood's novels. Although no more
melodramatic than others of her books, at the center of East Lynne
is a development that strains credulity more severely than her
other works; but the situation that transpires when Isabel Vane
returns to East Lynne was one that readers found unforgettable...
This important new contribution to the history of the body analyzes
the role of filth as the material counterpart of sin in medieval
thought. Using a wide range of texts, including theology,
historical documents, and literature from Augustine to Chaucer, the
book shows how filth was regarded as fundamental to an
understanding of human history. This theological significance
explains the prominence of filth and dung in all genres of medieval
writing: there is more dung in theology than there is in Chaucer.
The author also demonstrates the ways in which the religious
understanding of filth and sin influenced the secular world, from
town planning to the execution of traitors. As part of this
investigation the book looks at the symbolic order of the body and
the ways in which the different aspects of the body were assigned
moral meanings. The book also lays out the realities of medieval
sanitation, providing the first comprehensive view of real-life
attempts to cope with filth. This book will be essential reading
for those interested in medieval religious thought, literature, amd
social history. Filled with a wealth of entertaining examples, it
will also appeal to those who simply want to glimpse the medieval
world as it really was.
This important new contribution to the history of the body analyzes
the role of filth as the material counterpart of sin in medieval
thought. Using a wide range of texts, including theology,
historical documents, and literature from Augustine to Chaucer, the
book shows how filth was regarded as fundamental to an
understanding of human history. This theological significance
explains the prominence of filth and dung in all genres of medieval
writing: there is more dung in theology than there is in Chaucer.
The author also demonstrates the ways in which the religious
understanding of filth and sin influenced the secular world, from
town planning to the execution of traitors. As part of this
investigation the book looks at the symbolic order of the body and
the ways in which the different aspects of the body were assigned
moral meanings. The book also lays out the realities of medieval
sanitation, providing the first comprehensive view of real-life
attempts to cope with filth. This book will be essential reading
for those interested in medieval religious thought, literature, amd
social history. Filled with a wealth of entertaining examples, it
will also appeal to those who simply want to glimpse the medieval
world as it really was.
Comedy and humor flourished in manifold forms in the Middle Ages.
This volume, covering the period from 1000 to 1400 CE, examines the
themes, practice, and effects of medieval comedy, from the caustic
morality of principled satire to the exuberant improprieties of
many wildly popular tales of sex and trickery. The analysis
includes the most influential authors of the age, such as Chaucer,
Boccaccio, Juan Ruiz, and Hrothswitha of Gandersheim, as well as
lesser-known works and genres, such as songs of insult,
nonsense-texts, satirical church paintings, topical jokes, and
obscene pilgrim badges. The analysis touches on most of the
literatures of medieval Europe, including a discussion of the
formal attitudes toward humor in Christian, Jewish, and Islamic
traditions. The volume demonstrates the many ways in which medieval
humor could be playful, casual, sophisticated, important,
subversive, and even dangerous. Each chapter takes a different
theme as its focus: form, theory, praxis, identities, the body,
politics and power, laughter, and ethics.
Comedy and humor flourished in manifold forms in the Middle Ages.
This volume, covering the period from 1000 to 1400 CE, examines the
themes, practice, and effects of medieval comedy, from the caustic
morality of principled satire to the exuberant improprieties of
many wildly popular tales of sex and trickery. The analysis
includes the most influential authors of the age, such as Chaucer,
Boccaccio, Juan Ruiz, and Hrothswitha of Gandersheim, as well as
lesser-known works and genres, such as songs of insult,
nonsense-texts, satirical church paintings, topical jokes, and
obscene pilgrim badges. The analysis touches on most of the
literatures of medieval Europe, including a discussion of the
formal attitudes toward humor in Christian, Jewish, and Islamic
traditions. The volume demonstrates the many ways in which medieval
humor could be playful, casual, sophisticated, important,
subversive, and even dangerous. Each chapter takes a different
theme as its focus: form, theory, praxis, identities, the body,
politics and power, laughter, and ethics.
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