The Hands of the Tongue edited by Edwin D. Craun

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232 pages (Illus.)
9 x 6 inches

Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Culture, 47

Medieval Institute Publications

Language:

English

Hardback (November 2007)

ISBN-13 9781580441148
ISBN-10 1580441149

$19.95

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Paperback (December 2007)

ISBN-13 9781580441155
ISBN-10 1580441157

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Subjects:

Cultural Studies

Medieval Studies

The Hands of the Tongue

Essays on Deviant Speech

edited by Edwin D. Craun

What destructive powers did the tongue and its speech have for medievals? It could damn humans through blasphemy. It could occlude penitential knowledge of the self, especially of the misdirected will, show more

about the author

Edwin D. Craun is professor emeritus of English at Washington and Lee University.

table of contents

Acknowledgments Introduction by Edwin D. Craun Sins of the Tongue The Tongue Is a Fire: The Discipline of Silence in Early Medieval Monasticism (400-1100) by Scott G. Bruce Allas, allas! That evere love
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