Daniel Anlezark

Water and fire

The myth of the flood in Anglo-Saxon England

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Produktbeschreibung

The story of Noahâ s Flood is one of the Bibleâ 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. -- .

Produktdetails

• Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 412
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 488g
• ISBN-13: 9780719063992
• ISBN-10: 071906399X
• Artikelnr.: 36269990

Autorenporträt

Daniel Anlezark is Lecturer in English Studies at the University of Durham

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. 'You see the water, you see the wood': The Bible and the
Fathers 2. A Manifold Mystery: Bede on the Flood 3. Learning the lesson of
the Flood 4. Flood, Covenant and Apocalypse in Old English Poetry 5.
Planting Noah's Seed 6. Beowulf and the Myth of the Flood Conclusion