The Tempter's Voice: Language and the Fall in Medieval Literature (Revised)

The Tempter's Voice: Language and the Fall in Medieval Literature (Revised)

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Author/Contributor(s): Jager, Eric
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Date: 10/12/2006
Binding: Paperback
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Why was the story of Adam, Eve, and the Serpent so important to medieval literary culture? Eric Jager argues that during the Middle Ages the story of the Fall was incorporated into a comprehensive myth about language. Drawing on a wide range of texts...