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First full-length study of the mouth's centrality to discourses of physical, ethical and spiritual 'good' in Middle English literature.

David Lawton approaches later medieval English vernacular culture in terms of voice. As texts and discourses shift in translation and in use from one language t

This book represents the first full-length study of the prevalence of domestic imagery in late medieval religious literature. It examines as yet understudied pa

Middle English devotional compilations – consisting of a series of texts or extracts of texts that have intentionally been put together to constitute new and