Governing the Tongue: The Politics of Speech in Early New England

by Jane Kamensky

Book Overview

Governing the Tongue explains why the spoken word assumed such importance in the culture of early New England. In a work that is at once historical, socio-cultural, and linguistic, Jane Kamensky explores the little-known words of unsung individuals, and reconsiders such famous Puritan events as the banishment of Anne Hutchinson and the Salem witch trials, to expose the ever-present fear of what the Puritans called "sins of the tongue." But even while...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195130901
• ISBN13: 9780195130904
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"