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Old Testament Narratives
Daniel Anlezark
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Description for Old Testament Narratives
Hardback. The Old English poems in this volume are among the first retellings of scriptural texts in a European vernacular. More than simple translations, they recast the familiar plots in daringly imaginative ways, from Satan's seductive pride (anticipating Milton), to a sympathetic yet tragic Eve, to the lyrical nature poetry in Azarias. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HRCF1; HRCG1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 137 x 24. Weight in Grams: 476.
The Old English poems in this volume are among the first retellings of scriptural texts in a European vernacular. More than simple translations, they recast the familiar plots in daringly imaginative ways, from Satan's seductive pride (anticipating Milton), to a sympathetic yet tragic Eve, to Moses as a headstrong Germanic warrior-king, to the lyrical nature poetry in Azarias. Whether or not the legendary Caedmon authored any of the poems in this volume, they represent traditional verse in all its vigor. Three of them survive as sequential epics in a manuscript in the Bodleian Library at Oxford. The ... Read more
The Old English poems in this volume are among the first retellings of scriptural texts in a European vernacular. More than simple translations, they recast the familiar plots in daringly imaginative ways, from Satan's seductive pride (anticipating Milton), to a sympathetic yet tragic Eve, to Moses as a headstrong Germanic warrior-king, to the lyrical nature poetry in Azarias. Whether or not the legendary Caedmon authored any of the poems in this volume, they represent traditional verse in all its vigor. Three of them survive as sequential epics in a manuscript in the Bodleian Library at Oxford. The ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Series
Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674053199
SKU
V9780674053199
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About Daniel Anlezark
Daniel Anlezark is Senior Lecturer, Department of English, University of Sydney.
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