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Biblical epics in late antiquity and Anglo-Saxon England : divina in laude voluntas / Patrick McBrine.
LIBRA PA6053 .M33 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McBrine, Patrick, 1974- author.
- Series:
- Toronto Anglo-Saxon series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
- Bible.
- History.
- Bible--In literature.
- Epic poetry, Latin--History and criticism.
- Epic poetry, Latin.
- Christian poetry, Latin--History and criticism.
- Christian poetry, Latin.
- Christianity and literature--England--History--To 1500.
- Christianity and literature.
- England.
- Literature.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 384 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- "Biblical poetry, written between the fourth and eleventh centuries, is an eclectic body of literature that disseminated popular knowledge of the Bible across Europe. Composed mainly in Latin and subsequently in Old English, biblical versification has much to tell us about the interpretations, genres preferences, reading habits, and pedagogical aims of medieval Christian readers. Biblical Epics in Late Antiquity and Anglo-Saxon England provides an accessible introduction to biblical epic poetry. Patrick McBrine's erudite analysis of the writings of Juvencus, Cyprianus, Arator, Bede, Alcuin and more, reveals the development of a hybridized genre of writing that informed and delighted its Christian audiences to such an extent it was copied and promoted for the better part of a millennium. The volume contains many first-time readings and discussions of poems and passages which have long lain dormant and offers new evidence for the reception of the Bible in late Antiquity and the Middle Ages."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction 3
- 2 Juvencus' Euangeliorum Libri Quattuor (c. 330 CE) 22
- 3 Cyprianus' Heptateuch (c. 400-425 CE) 57
- 4 Sedulius' Carmen Paschale (c. 425-450 CE) 93
- 5 Avitus' Historia Spiritalis (c. 500 CE) 124
- 6 Arator's Historia Apostolica (c. 544 CE) 173
- 7 Reading Biblical Epics in Anglo-Saxon England; Aldhelm, Bede, Alcuin 210
- 8 Old English Biblical Verse: Genesis A, Genesis B, Exodus 270
- 9 Conclusion 347.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-377) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780802098535
- 0802098533
- OCLC:
- 967788182
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