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.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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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.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XIV, 246 pages)
ISBN:9780230118737
DOI:10.1057/9780230118737