The tempter's voice : language and the fall in medieval literature /

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 u...

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Main Author: Jager, Eric, 1957-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1993.
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