The gift of tongues: women's xenoglossia in the later middle ages
Explores the phenomenon of xenoglossia, the sudden, miraculous ability to speak, understand, read, or write a foreign language, as it appears in the later medieval hagiographic record and in English literature. Includes discussion of the late medieval English writers Geoffrey Chaucer and Margery Kem...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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University Park, Pa.
Pennsylvania State Univ. Press
2010
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| In: | Year: 2010 |
| Reviews: | The Gift of Tongues: Women’s Xenoglossia in the Later Middle Ages by Christine F. Cooper-Rompato (review) (2011) (West, Kevin R.)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Middle English language
/ Literature
/ Glossolaly
/ Woman
/ History 1100-1500
B Language / Religious life |
| Further subjects: | B
Xenoglossy
B Glossolalia B Women in literature B Women in Christianity History Middle Ages, 600-1500 |
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| Summary: | Explores the phenomenon of xenoglossia, the sudden, miraculous ability to speak, understand, read, or write a foreign language, as it appears in the later medieval hagiographic record and in English literature. Includes discussion of the late medieval English writers Geoffrey Chaucer and Margery Kempe --Provided by publisher "Explores the phenomenon of xenoglossia, the sudden, miraculous ability to speak, understand, read, or write a foreign language, as it appears in the later medieval hagiographic record and in English literature. Includes discussion of the late medieval English writers Geoffrey Chaucer and Margery Kempe"--Provided by publisher |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-211) and index |
| Physical Description: | X, 217 S., 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 978-0-271-03616-8 |
