‘Next to godliness?’ exploring cleanliness in peace and war
In the history of English, the early moral centring of cleanliness is conventionally depicted as having been eroded. This paper aims instead to explore its continued moral dynamism, using language as prime resource. Examining the complex semantic trajectories of cleanliness from Middle English onwar...
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Taylor and Francis
2018
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