Unruly Tongue in Early Modern England

Nathalie Vienne-Guerrin is professor of early modern English literature at the University of Montpellier III-Paul Valéry and head of the IRCL, “Institut de Recherche sur la Renaissance, l’âge Classique et les Lumières” (UMR 5186, research center of the French National Center for Scientific Research, CNRS).

Vienne-Guerrin provides a deft overview of the scholarship on the tongue over the past twenty-five years. She traces the biblical and classical sources that the authors reference while presenting a brief overview of the anatomy of the tongue and the relationship between the tongue and heart....One of the most useful features of the book is the collection of striking images relating to the tongue that Vienne-Guerrin has collected in the appendix...Vienne-Guerrin's edition effectively situates the representation of the tongue in the noisy world of the early modern England.

• AcknowledgmentsTable of illustrations Table of abbreviations INTRODUCTIONEditorial note Jean de MARCONVILLE,A Treatise of the Good and Evell Tounge. ca. 1592 A note on the text The text William PERKINS,A Direction for the Government of the Tongue according to Gods worde. 1595[1593] A note on the text The text George WEBBE,The Araignement of an unruly Tongue. 1619. A note on the text The text Appendices Appendix A: Marconville’s Treatise in French Appendix B: Additions to Perkins’ 1593 textAppendix C: Outline of Perkins’ treatise Appendix D: Outline of Webbe’s treatise Appendix E: Tongue Stories: some variations Appendix F: Images of the tongue Works cited