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Satan unbound : the Devil in Old English narrative literature / Peter Dendle.
LIBRA PN6071.D47 D46 2001
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dendle, Peter, 1968-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Devil in literature.
- English literature--Old English, ca. 450-1100--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 196 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2001]
- Contents:
- The Evolution of the Anglo-Saxon Devil 8
- Literature and Cultural Archaeology 12
- 2. The Devil as Tempter 19
- Demonic Instigation in Patristic Theology 20
- Demonic Instigation in Narrative Literature 28
- The Vercelli Book and the Devil's Arrows 33
- AElfric 35
- 3. The Role of the Devil 40
- The Range of Narrative Functions 42
- The Life of Nicholas: The Accidental Devil 43
- The Lives of Margaret: The Devil as Saint-Maker 45
- The Devil as Observer 57
- 4. Exterior Evil and the Landscape of Old English Narrative 62
- The Devil in Hell 66
- The Devil of the Air 70
- The Liturgical Devil 73
- The Devil of the Homilies 77
- Space and Poetry 78
- Mise-en Scene in Elene and Andreas 81
- 5. The Devil and the Demons 87
- Bede's Ecclesiastical History 94
- Cynewulf 96
- The Guthlac Cycle 103
- Dialogue and Demonology: Defining the Opponent 117
- Open Registers of Demonic Representation 118
- Appendix The Devil as Idiom 123.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0802048390
- 0802083692
- OCLC:
- 46856529
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