Governing the tongue : the politics of speech in early New England / / Jane Kamensky

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910784609203321
• Autore: Kamensky Jane
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York ; ; London, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1997; ©1997
• ISBN: 0-19-771355-6; 1-282-38415-5; 9786612384158; 1-60256-385-3; 0-19-513090-1; 0-19-535136-3; 1-280-44984-5; 9786610449842; 0-19-802515-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (304 p.)
• Disciplina: 420/.974
• Soggetti: English language - Political aspects - New England; English language - Religious aspects - Christianity; English language - New England; English language - Spoken English - New England; English language - Dialects - New England; Puritans - New England - Language; Language and culture - New England; Oral communication - New England; English language - 18th century; Americanisms - New England; New England Languages
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-280) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction; ONE: The Sweetest Meat, the Bitterest Poison; TWO: A Most Unquiet Hiding Place; THREE: The Misgovernment of ; Woman's Tongue; FOUR: ""Publick Fathers"" and Cursing Sons; FIVE: Saying and Unsaying; SIX: The Tongue Is a Witch; Epilogue; APPENDIX: Litigation over Speech in Massachusetts, 1630-1692; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
• Sommario/riassunto: Explaining why the spoken word assumed such importance in the culture of early New England, the author re-examines such famous Puritan events as the Salem witch trials and the banishment of Anne Hutchinson to expose the ever-present fear of what the puritans called ""sins of the tongue.""