{"product_id":"the-gift-of-tongues-christine-f-cooper-rompato-9780271036168","title":"The Gift of Tongues: Women's Xenoglossia in the Later Middle Ages","description":"\u003cp\u003eTales of xenoglossia--the instantaneous ability to read, to write, to speak, or to understand a foreign language--have long captivated audiences. Perhaps most popular in Christian religious literature, these stories celebrate the erasing of all linguistic differences and the creation of wider spiritual communities. The accounts of miraculous language acquisition that appeared in the Bible inspired similar accounts in the Middle Ages. Though medieval xenoglossic miracles have their origins in those biblical stories, the medieval narratives have more complex implications. In \u003ci\u003eThe Gift of Tongues\u003c\/i\u003e, Christine Cooper-Rompato examines a wide range of sources to show that claims of miraculous language are much more important to medieval religious culture than previously recognized and are crucial to understanding late medieval English writers such as Geoffrey Chaucer and Margery Kempe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christine F. Cooper-Rompato\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0271036168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271036168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/25\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.20w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/16\/2010 pg. 15\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2010","brand":"Christine F. Cooper-Rompato","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46024652423423,"sku":"9780271036168","price":88.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_894f3ef9-4773-43a0-a222-e3039dc16506.jpg?v=1723128894","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-gift-of-tongues-christine-f-cooper-rompato-9780271036168","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}