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Biblical paradigms in medieval English literature : from Caedmon to Malory / Lawrence Besserman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Besserman, Lawrence L., 1945-
- Series:
- Routledge studies in medieval literature and culture ; 1.
- Routledge studies in medieval literature and culture ; 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Bible--Influence.
- Bible.
- Literature, Medieval--History and criticism.
- Literature, Medieval.
- English literature--Old English, ca. 450-1100--History and criticism.
- Holy, The, in literature.
- Secularism in literature.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 219 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2012.
- Contents:
- Biblical paradigms in Old English verse: Caedmon's Hymn, Exodus, and Beowulf
- Sacred and secular in the Middle English lyric: 'Maiden in the moor lay' and 'I sing of a maiden'
- Sacred and secular in the world of romance: the idea of the Green Knight
- Biblical analogies and the language of love in Chaucer's Troilus And Criseyde
- Chivalry and the scandal of the sacred in Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780415897945
- 0415897947
- OCLC:
- 711041415
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