The unruly tongue in early modern England : three treatises

The unruly tongue in early modern England : three treatises / edited by Nathalie Vienne-Guerrin.

This volume excavates the biblical and classical sources behind three early modern treatises that denounce the numerous sins of the tongue that cause damage in the Elizabethan society.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vienne-Guerrin, Nathalie
Other Authors: Marconville, Jean de, Perkins, William, 1558-1602, Webbe, George, 1581-1642
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Madison [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, ©2012.
Subjects:
1500-1700
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
English language > Obscene words > History.
Swearing > Early works to 1800.
Blessing and cursing > Early works to 1800.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS > Essays.
Blessing and cursing
English language > Obscene words
English literature > Early modern
Swearing
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Early works
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Jean de Marconville, A treatise of the good and evell tongue. ca. 1592
  • A note on Marconville's text
  • The text
  • William Perkins, A direction for the government of the tongue according to Gods worde, 1595 [1593]
  • A note on Perkin's text
  • The text
  • George Webbe, the Araignement of an unruly tongue, 1619.
  • A note on Webbe's text
  • The text
  • Appendix A: Traicte de la bonne & mavaise langue, Marconville's treatise in French
  • Appendix B: Passages added in the 1595 version of Perkins's text
  • Appendix C: Outline of Perkins's treatise
  • Appendix D: Outline of Webbe's treatise
  • Appendix E: Tongue stories: some variations
  • Appendix F: Images of the tongue.

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