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Governing the tongue: the politics of speech in early New England

Kamensky, Jane.

Year: 1999, c1997.

Publisher: Oxford University Press.

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Frontmatter

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

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Title:

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

Author:

Kamensky, Jane

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Governing the tongue : the politics of speech in early New England Jane Kamensky.
Kamensky, Jane
New York: Oxford University Press, 1999, c1997.

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Subject Headings:

• English language -- Political aspects -- New England
• English language -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History
• English language -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
• English language -- Spoken English -- New England
• Language and culture -- New England -- History
• Oral communication -- New England -- History
• English language -- 18th century -- History
• Puritans -- New England -- Language
• Women -- New England -- Language
• Authorship -- Sex differences
• Americanisms -- New England -- History
• New England -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

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