Eating words and burning them : the power of destruction in medieval English charm texts
When we think of text, we usually think of it as a form of communication. One person’s words, written down, can be transmitted across continents and centuries, for as long as the writing survives. Destroying that writing destroys, at least symbolically, the ideas it records—one reason that burnin...
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| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2020
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143933 |