Many words, many turds: Middle English proverbial wisdom and the alleged incontinence of female speech
In a passage from The Castle of Perseverance, the reprehensible Malus Angelus dismisses the speech of the personified virtues who are attempting to lead mankind to salvation: ‘Ther wymmen arn, are many wordys. (…) Ther ges syttyn are many tordys’ (2649-51). As the quotation illustrates, likening som...
Main Author: | Flannery, MC |
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Iowa Research Online
2021
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