Governing the tongue: the politics of speech in early new england
Auteur :
Kamensky, Jane
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780195130904
Date de publication :
29 avr. 1999
Dimensions :
15,5 x 23,5 x 1,6 cm
Poids :
408 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Explaining 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."