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Water and fire
The myth of the flood in Anglo-Saxon England
Langbeschreibung
The story of Noah's Flood is one of the Bible's most popular stories, and other flood myths are preserved by cultures across the world. This book presents the first comprehensive study of the incorporation of the Flood myth into the literary and historical imagination of the Anglo-Saxons, ranging from the works of Bede to Beowulf.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction1. 'You see the water, you see the wood': The Bible and the Fathers2. A Manifold Mystery: Bede on the Flood3. Learning the lesson of the Flood4. Flood, Covenant and Apocalypse in Old English Poetry5. Planting Noah's Seed6. Beowulf and the Myth of the FloodConclusion
Daniel Anlezark is Lecturer in English Studies at the University of Durham
ISBN-13:
9780719063992
Veröffentl:
2013
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.01.2013
Seiten:
412
Autor:
Daniel Anlezark
Gewicht:
516 g
Format:
216x140x22 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
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