Divine Ventriloquism in Medieval English Literature

A study of medieval attitudes towards the ventriloquism of God's and Christ's voices through human media, which reveals a progression from an orthodox view of divine vocal power to an anxiety over the authority of the priest's voice to a subversive take on the divine voice that foreshadows Protestant devotion.

Auteur
MARY HAYES Assistant Professor of English at the University of Mississippi, USA.

Contenu
Introduction: Listen Up! PART I: FANTASIES OF POWER: THE PRIEST'S VOICE IN ANGLO-SAXON LITERATURE The Talking Dead Christ's Lips Move PART II: ANXIETY AND THE PRIEST'S VOICE The Master's Voice Cursed Speakers PART III: SUBVERSION IN THE EUCHARISTIC CANON Belly Speech Playing the Prophet Resounding Voices