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The poems of MS Junius 11 : basic readings / edited by R.M. Liuzza.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Basic Readings in Anglo-Saxon England
- Basic readings in Anglo-Saxon England
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Caedmon manuscript.
- English poetry--Old English, ca. 450-1100--History and criticism.
- English poetry.
- Christian poetry, English (Old)--History and criticism.
- Christian poetry, English (Old).
- Manuscripts, Medieval--England.
- Manuscripts, Medieval.
- Manuscripts, English (Old).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (350 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Taken from the same manuscript as Cynewulf, the Junius 11 poems-Genesis, Exodus, Daniel, and Christ and Satan-comprise a series of redacted Old English works that have been traditionally presented as the work of Bede's Caedmon. Medieval scholars have concluded that the four poems were composed by more than one author and later edited by Junius in 1655. All of the poems are notable for their Christian content. Apart from its focus on the Junius 11 manuscript, this collection of essays is also important as a study of how to read, edit, and define any medieval literary text.
- Contents:
- Front Cover; The Poems of MS Junius 11; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface of the General Editors; Introduction: R. M. Liuzza; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Confronting Germania Latina: Changing Responses to Old English Biblical Verse: Joyce Hill; The Old English Epic of Redemption: The Theological Unity of MS Junius 11: J. R. Hall; ""The Old English Epic of Redemption"": Twenty-Five-Year Retrospective: J. R. Hall; Some Uses of Paronomasia in Old English Scriptural Verse: Roberta Frank; Tempter as Rhetoric Teacher: The Fall of Language in the Old English Genesis B: Eric Jager
- Conspicuous Heroism: Abraham, Prudentius, and the OldEnglish Verse Genesis: Andrew OrchardChristian Tradition in the Old English Exodus: James W. Earl; The Patriarchal Digression in the Old English Exodus, Lines362-446: Stanley R. Hauer; The Lion Standard in Exodus: Jewish Legend, Germanic Tradition, and Christian Typology: Charles D. Wright; The Structure of the Old English Daniel: Robert T. Farrell; Style and Theme in the Old English Daniel: Earl R. Anderson; Nebuchadnezzar's Dreams in the Old English Daniel: Antonina Harbus
- The Power of Knowledge and the Location of the Reader in Christ and Satan: Ruth WehlauThe Wisdom Poem at the End of MS Junius 11: Janet Schrunk Ericksen; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-82985-X
- 1-283-96501-1
- 0-203-77560-0
- 1-134-82978-7
- 9780203775608
- OCLC:
- 825768299
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