Divine Ventriloquism in Medieval English Literature [electronic resource] : Power, Anxiety, Subversion /
Hayes, M.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Fantasies of power: the priest's voice in Anglo-Saxon literature -- Anxiety and the priest's voice -- Subversion in the eucharistic canon -- Conclusion. Resounding voices.
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.
Literature, Medieval.
Great Britain-History.
Europe-History-476-1492.
British literature.
Classical literature.
Medieval Literature.
History of Britain and Ireland.
History of Medieval Europe.
British and Irish Literature.
Classical and Antique Literature.