Governing the tongue : the politics of speech in early New England / Jane Kamensky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kamensky, Jane, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Political aspects--New England.

English language.

English language--Early modern, 1500-1700--History.

English language--Religious aspects--Christianity.

English language--Spoken English--New England.

Language and culture--New England--History.

Language and culture.

Oral communication--New England--History.

Oral communication.

English language--18th century--History.

Americanisms--New England--History.

Americanisms.

Puritans--New England--Language.

Puritans.

Women--New England--Language.

Women.

New England--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

New England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study explores why the spoken word assumed such importance in the culture of early New England. To aid her study, the author re-examines such famous Puritan events as the Salem witch trials and the banishment of Anne Hutchinson.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; ONE: The Sweetest Meat, the Bitterest Poison; TWO: A Most Unquiet Hiding Place; THREE: The Misgovernment of Woman's Tongue; FOUR: ""Publick Fathers"" and Cursing Sons; FIVE: Saying and Unsaying; SIX: The Tongue Is a Witch; Epilogue; APPENDIX: Litigation over Speech in Massachusetts, 1630-1692; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-280) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-771355-6

1-282-38415-5

9786612384158

1-60256-385-3

0-19-513090-1

0-19-535136-3

1-280-44984-5

9786610449842

0-19-802515-7

OCLC:

476007628

Publisher Number:

2027/heb00659 hdl