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Nathalie Vienne-Guerrin - The Unruly Tongue in Early Modern England. Three Treatises.  - 9781611474695 - V9781611474695
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The Unruly Tongue in Early Modern England. Three Treatises.

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Description for The Unruly Tongue in Early Modern England. Three Treatises. This volume excavates the biblical and classical sources behind three early modern treatises that denounce the numerous sins of the tongue that cause damage in the Elizabethan society. Num Pages: 300 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
The Unruly Tongue in Early Modern England is a scholarly edition of three early modern treatises on the unruly tongue: Jean de Marconville, A Treatise of the Good and Evell Tounge (ca.1592), William Perkins, A Direction for the Government of the Tongue according to Gods worde (1595), and George Webbe, The Araignement of an unruly Tongue (1619). “The tongue can no man tame” says the Bible (James 3:8), and yet these texts try to tame the tongues of men and tell them how they should rule this little but essential organ and avoid swearing, blaspheming, cursing, lying, flattering, railing, slandering, ... Read more

Product Details

Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Number of Pages
300
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611474695
SKU
V9781611474695
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Nathalie Vienne-Guerrin
Nathalie Vienne-Guerrin is professor of early modern English literature at the University of Montpellier III-Paul Valéry and head of the IRCL, “Institut de Recherche sur la Renaissance, l’âge Classique et les Lumières” (UMR 5186, research center of the French National Center for Scientific Research, CNRS).

Reviews for The Unruly Tongue in Early Modern England. Three Treatises.
Vienne-Guerrin provides a deft overview of the scholarship on the tongue over the past twenty-five years. She traces the biblical and classical sources that the authors reference while presenting a brief overview of the anatomy of the tongue and the relationship between the tongue and heart....One of the most useful features of the book is the collection of striking images ... Read more

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