The unruly tongue in early modern England
Subtitle: three treatises
By: Nathalie Vienne-Guerrin
Contributors: Marconville, Jean de; Perkins, William, 1558-1602; Webbe, George, 1581-1642
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Madison [N.J.]
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781611474695; 9781611474701
Subjects: Swearing; English literature; Blessing and cursing; History and criticism; English language; Early works to 1800; History; Obscene words
Table of contents: title: Jean de Marconville, A treatise of the good and evell tounge. ca. 1592; title: A note on the text; title: The text; title: William Perkins, A direction for the government of the tongue according to Gods worde, 1595 [1593]; title: A note on the text; title: The text; title: George Webbe, the Araignement of an unruly tongue, 1619.; title: A note on the text; title: The text; title: Appendices; title: Appendix A: Marconville's treatise in French; title: Appendix B: Additions to Perkins' 1593 text; title: Appendix C: Outline of Perkins' treatise; title: Appendix D: Outline of Webbe's treatise; title: Appendix E: Tongue stories: some variations; title: Appendix F: Images of the tongue.