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



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Autore: Kamensky Jane Visualizza persona
Titolo: Governing the tongue : the politics of speech in early New England / / Jane Kamensky Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York ; ; London, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1997
©1997
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (304 p.)
Disciplina: 420/.974
Soggetto topico: 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
Soggetto geografico: New England Languages
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.""
Titolo autorizzato: Governing the tongue  Visualizza cluster
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
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910784609203321
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