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Autore: |
Kamensky Jane
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Titolo: |
Governing the tongue : the politics of speech in early New England / / Jane Kamensky
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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 ![]() |
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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