The expression, "cat's got your tongue," does not have a known origin, but one potential source for the phrase is a cautionary tale about witchcraft. In these stories, witches were known to steal people's voices by cutting out their tongues and…
In this book McMahon explores late Ming vernacular fiction focusing on the exposition of sexual transgression and the ideology of the containment of desire. Related topics include the theme of causality and its role in the story's mapping of the…