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Blood and chocolate: affective layering in Swete Ihesu, now wil I synge

Abstract:: A woman who is very keen on chocolate once gave me some splendid chocolate, and saw me bite a great bit off, and said ‘No, no, no, don’t you know how to eat chocolate?’ And I said, ‘No, or at least I thought I did’, and she said, ‘No, you just take a tiny bit, put it on your tongue, ten minutes it will take, just let it melt, occasionally push it up against the roof of the mouth, and this great rainbow of flavours and textures melts in your mouth.’ Now that’s all poetry is in a sense.² ...

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McCann, D. (2015). Blood and chocolate: affective layering in Swete Ihesu, now wil I synge. In J. Boffey & C. Whitehead (Eds.), Middle English Lyrics: New Readings of Short Poems (pp. 45–56). Boydell and Brewer.

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McCann, D. “Blood and Chocolate: Affective Layering in Swete Ihesu, Now Wil I Synge.” Middle English Lyrics: New Readings of Short Poems, edited by J Boffey and C Whitehead, Boydell and Brewer, 2015, pp. 45–56.

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McCann, D. 2015. “Blood and Chocolate: Affective Layering in Swete Ihesu, Now Wil I Synge.” In Middle English Lyrics: New Readings of Short Poems, edited by J Boffey and C Whitehead, 45–56. Boydell and Brewer.
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Publisher copy:: 10.1017/9781787442993.004

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Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: HUMS
Department:: English
Oxford college:: Worcester College
Role:: Author

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Role:: Editor

Role:: Editor

Publisher:: Boydell and Brewer
Host title:: Middle English Lyrics: New Readings of Short Poems
Pages:: 45 - 56
Chapter number:: 3
Place of publication:: Cambridge
Publication date:: 2015-02-19
DOI:: 10.1017/9781787442993.004
EISBN:: 9781787442993
ISBN:: 9781843844976

Language:: English
Subtype:: Chapter
Pubs id:: pubs:884011
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Local pid:: pubs:884011
Source identifiers:: 884011
Deposit date:: 2018-07-19

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Copyright holder:: Daniel McCann
Copyright date:: 2018
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