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- catalog abstract "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, Jager shows how patristic and medieval authors used the Fall to confront practical and theoretical problems in many areas of life and thought - including education, hermeneutics, rhetoric, feudal politics, and gender relations. Jager explores the Fall's meaning for clergy and laity, nobles and commoners, men and women. Among the works Jager discusses are texts by Ambrose, Augustine, the early Christian poet Avitus, and scholastic authors; Old English biblical epics; Middle English spiritual writings; French courtesy books; and the poetry of Dante and Chaucer. Examples from the visual arts are included as well. Jager links medieval interpretations of the Fall to underlying cultural anxieties about the ambiguity of the sign, the instability of oral tradition, the pleasure of the text, and the many rhetorical guises of the tempter's voice. He also assesses the modern and postmodern legacy of the Fall, showing how this myth continues to embody central ideas concerning language. The Tempter's Voice will be essential reading for scholars and students in such fields as medieval studies, literary theory, gender theory, comparative literature, cultural history, and the history of religion.".
- catalog contributor b4797137.
- catalog created "1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1993.".
- catalog description "Among the works Jager discusses are texts by Ambrose, Augustine, the early Christian poet Avitus, and scholastic authors; Old English biblical epics; Middle English spiritual writings; French courtesy books; and the poetry of Dante and Chaucer. Examples from the visual arts are included as well. Jager links medieval interpretations of the Fall to underlying cultural anxieties about the ambiguity of the sign, the instability of oral tradition, the pleasure of the text, and the many rhetorical guises of the tempter's voice. He also assesses the modern and postmodern legacy of the Fall, showing how this myth continues to embody central ideas concerning language. The Tempter's Voice will be essential reading for scholars and students in such fields as medieval studies, literary theory, gender theory, comparative literature, cultural history, and the history of religion.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-323) and index.".
- catalog description "The school of Paradise -- The genesis of hermeneutics -- The Garden of eloquence -- The Old English epic of the Fall -- The seducer and the daughter of Eve -- The carnal letter in Chaucer's earthly paradise -- Signs of the Fall: from the Middle Ages to Postmodernism.".
- catalog description "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, Jager shows how patristic and medieval authors used the Fall to confront practical and theoretical problems in many areas of life and thought - including education, hermeneutics, rhetoric, feudal politics, and gender relations. Jager explores the Fall's meaning for clergy and laity, nobles and commoners, men and women.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 336 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Tempter's voice.".
- catalog identifier "0801427533 (cloth)".
- catalog identifier "0801480361 (pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Tempter's voice.".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Ithaca : Cornell University Press,".
- catalog relation "Tempter's voice.".
- catalog subject "809/.93382 20".
- catalog subject "Bible. Genesis, I-II Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Early church, approximately 30-600.".
- catalog subject "Bible. Genesis, I-II Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Middle Ages, 600-1500.".
- catalog subject "Fall of man in literature.".
- catalog subject "Literature, Medieval History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "PN56.F29 J34 1993".
- catalog tableOfContents "The school of Paradise -- The genesis of hermeneutics -- The Garden of eloquence -- The Old English epic of the Fall -- The seducer and the daughter of Eve -- The carnal letter in Chaucer's earthly paradise -- Signs of the Fall: from the Middle Ages to Postmodernism.".
- catalog title "The tempter's voice : language and the fall in medieval literature / Eric Jager.".
- catalog type "text".