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The Tempter's Voice: Language and the Fall in Medieval Literature by Eric Jager

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

Eric Jager

352 pages first pub 1993 (editions)

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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 te...

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