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  1. Divine ventriloquism in medieval English literature
    power, anxiety, subversion
    Author: Hayes, Mary
    Published: 2011
    Publisher:  Palgrave Macmillan, New York

    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... more

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    Hochschulbibliothek Friedensau
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    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. This book studies medieval attitudes towards the ventriloquism of God's voice and Christ's voice through human media. Taken together, these chapters tell a story, one of 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.

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 128309679X; 9780230108998; 9781283096799
    RVK Categories: HH 4053
    Series: The new Middle Ages
    Subjects: Spiritual life in literature; Ventriloquism; English literature; Christian literature, English (Middle)
    Scope: Online-Ressource (xiv, 246 p)
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    Includes bibliographical references and index

    Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

    Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Listen Up!; Part I Powerful Fantasies of Christ's Voice; 1 The Talking Dead; 2 Christ's Lips Move; Part II Anxiety and the Clerical Voice; 3 The Master's Voice; 4 Cursed Speakers; Part III Lay Subversion in the Eucharistic Canon; 5 Belly Speech; 6 Playing the Prophet; Conclusion: Resounding Voices; Notes; Bibliography; Index