The Sin of Sloth: “Acedia” in Medieval Thought and Literature.

Author/Editor
Wenzel, Siegfried.

Title
The Sin of Sloth: “Acedia” in Medieval Thought and Literature.

Published
Wenzel, Siegfried. The Sin of Sloth: “Acedia” in Medieval Thought and Literature. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1960, pp. 114, 117-20, 193, 221, 229, 234-45, 237-39, 243.

Review
Discusses Gower’s of Acedia in his MO, where he personifies the sin, and gives a description rich in iconographic detail. [RFY1981]

Date
1960

Gower Subjects
Mirour de l'Omme (Speculum Meditantis)