Divine Ventriloquism in Medieval English Literature : Power, Anxiety, Subversion /

A study of medieval attitudes towards the ventriloquism of God's and Christ's voices through human media, which reveals a  progression from an orthodox view of divine vocal power to an anxiety over the authority of the priest's voice to a subversive take on the divine voice that fores...

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Main Author:	Hayes, Mary (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Series:	New Middle Ages.
Subjects:	Literature. British and Irish Literature. Classical and Antique Literature. History of Britain and Ireland. History of Medieval Europe. Medieval Literature. British literature. Classical literature. Literature, Medieval. Europe > History-476-1492. Great Britain > History. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book