Divine Ventriloquism in Medieval English Literature: Power, Anxiety, Subversion

By Mary Hayes

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230108997
• ISBN13: 9780230108998
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.4"