Divine Ventriloquism in Medieval English Literature Power, Anxiety, Subversion
Description
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.
Keywords
Literary CriticismMedievalHistoryEuropeGreat BritainEuropeanAncient & ClassicalLanguage Arts & DisciplinesLinguisticsHistorical & Comparative
2011Book
Author(s)Mary Hayes
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US
ISBN9780230108998
LanguageEnglish
