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Through an analysis of literary representations of work, this work explores how late medieval authors, influenced by the labor-related crises of the fourteenth century, sought to articulate the meaning of work in fresh and contrasting ways. It analyzes the Middle English terms to show how words for work were related to status and class attitudes.

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"Nicola Masciandaro makes it clear that this is about the literary representation of work in the poetry of late fourteenth-century England, and the role given to work in the construction of the self. A thought-provoking book with some very clever ideas, which are beautifully expressed."—Journal of English and Germanic Philology, 108:1, January 2009
"As a study of the socio-cultural and historical conceptions of work, both manual and poetic, in the Middle Ages, The Voice of the Hammer is a book which is valuable for Middle English scholars and medievalists interested in the exchange between medieval literature and medieval economics. Its comprehensive scope is useful, and it provides a good survey of the field of economic history in Middle English literature."—Comitatus, volume 38 (2007)

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      Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/11/2006
      ISBN13: 9780268034986, 978-0268034986
      ISBN10: 0268034982
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      Literary studies: ancient, classical

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Through an analysis of literary representations of work, this work explores how late medieval authors, influenced by the labor-related crises of the fourteenth century, sought to articulate the meaning of work in fresh and contrasting ways. It analyzes the Middle English terms to show how words for work were related to status and class attitudes.

      Trade Review
      "Nicola Masciandaro makes it clear that this is about the literary representation of work in the poetry of late fourteenth-century England, and the role given to work in the construction of the self. A thought-provoking book with some very clever ideas, which are beautifully expressed."—Journal of English and Germanic Philology, 108:1, January 2009
      "As a study of the socio-cultural and historical conceptions of work, both manual and poetic, in the Middle Ages, The Voice of the Hammer is a book which is valuable for Middle English scholars and medievalists interested in the exchange between medieval literature and medieval economics. Its comprehensive scope is useful, and it provides a good survey of the field of economic history in Middle English literature."—Comitatus, volume 38 (2007)

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