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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2011.
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| Series: | New Middle Ages.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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 foreshadows Protestant devotion. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (XIV, 246 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780230118737 |
| DOI: | 10.1057/9780230118737 |