Governing the tongue: the politics of speech in early new england
Auteur :
Kamensky, Jane
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780195090802
Date de publication :
19 mars 1998
Dimensions :
24,2 x 16,1 x 2,3 cm
Poids :
635 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This study explores why the spoken word assumed such importance in the culture of early New England. The author re-examines such famous Puritan events as the Salem witch trials and the banishment of Anne Hutchinson to expose the ever-present fear of what the Puritans called "sins of the tongue.