The Seven Deadly Sins: Society and Evil
- Author / Editor
- Lyman, Stanford M.
The Seven Deadly Sins: Society and Evil
- Published
- Dix Hills, N. Y.: General Hall, Inc., 1989.
- Physical Description
- xii, 355 pp.
- Description
- Studies the "sociology of evil," organizing the discussion by the traditional Seven Deadly Sins and exploring social, psychological, historical, legal, and political concepts of evil. The section on pride includes "A Medieval Excursus: Chaucer's 'Parson's Tale' and the Waste and Obscenity in Prideful Dress" (pp. 143-49); Lyman elsewhere refers to the Parson's comments on sloth.
- Alternative Title
- "A Medieval Excursus: Chaucer's 'Parson's Tale' and the Waste and Obscenity in Prideful Dress"
- Chaucer Subjects
- Parson and His Tale