Thorpe, Deborah Ellen orcid.org/0000-0002-2307-8770 (2015) Heated Words:The Politics and Poetics of Work in 'A Complaint against Blacksmiths'. Parergon. pp. 77-101. ISSN 0313-6221
Abstract
‘A Complaint against Blacksmiths’, unique to BL, MS Arundel 292, may gesture towards fourteenth-century legislation against night-time work, yet is underpinned by delight in the sights and sounds of the forge. The smith’s smoke-smattered visage is simultaneously disgraceful and inspiring to its medieval audience. Many of us experience a different kind of unease in the digital age, as hours are converted into immaterial goods. For many, the clamour of physical labour has been replaced by the noise of automation. Looking back into the forge, the modern urban worker may yearn for its sonic landscape, with clattering hammers, grunting mouths, and hissing waters.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015, Deborah Thorpe. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details |
Keywords: | MEDIEVAL,Literature,SOUND,Poetry,WORK,Medieval Manuscripts |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Electronic Engineering (York) The University of York > Research Groups (York) > Centre for Medieval Studies (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 09 Mar 2016 10:04 |
Last Modified: | 21 Jan 2025 17:20 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1353/pgn.2015.0066 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1353/pgn.2015.0066 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:96160 |
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