Christ and Satan : a critical edition / Robert Emmett Finnegan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Finnegan, Robert Emmett, 1941-

Standardized Title:

Christ and Satan.

Language:

English

English, Old (ca. 450-1100)

Subjects (All):

Devil--Poetry.

Devil.

Jesus Christ--Poetry.

Jesus Christ.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (182 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c1977.

Language Note:

Text in Anglo-Saxon; introduction in English.

Summary:

Christ and Satan is the title of the last of four poems in the eleventh-century Junius XI manuscript of Anglo-Saxon poetry. This critical edition contains text, glossary, textual and explanatory notes, and an essay surveying former criticisms and setting forth the author’s ideas on the poem’s principle of unity. Of particular value to students and scholars of Old English, Christ and Satan makes an important contribution to the understanding of this fine and interesting poem.

Contents:

Front Matter

Table Of Contents

Preface

Abbreviations Used In The Book

Introduction

The Manuscript

The Problem Of Unity

Sources

Language And Date

The Text

The Poem

Explanatory Notes

The Glossary

Appendix

Selected Bibliography

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Text in Anglo-Saxon.

Includes bibliography: p. 163-169.

ISBN:

9780889208124

0889208123

OCLC:

244766137