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The phoenix at the fountain : images of woman and eternity in Lactantius's Carmen de ave Phoenice and the Old English Phoenix / Carol Flavo Heffernan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heffernan, Carol Falvo.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lactantius, approximately 240-approximately 320. De ave Phoenice.
- Lactantius.
- Phoenix (Anglo-Saxon poem).
- Phoenix (Mythical bird) in literature.
- Fountains in literature.
- Women in literature.
- Initiation rites in literature.
- Human reproduction in literature.
- Women--Rites and ceremonies.
- Women.
- Comparative literature--Anglo-Saxon and Latin.
- Comparative literature.
- Comparative literature--Latin and Anglo-Saxon.
- Physical Description:
- 175 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Newark : University of Delaware Press ; London : Associated University Presses, [1988]
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages 159-170.
- ISBN:
- 0874133130
- OCLC:
- 14964946
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