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Undoing Babel : The Tower of Babel in Anglo-Saxon Literature / Tristan Major.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Major, Tristan, Author.
- Series:
- Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--Old English, ca. 450-1100--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Babel, Tower of, in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (307 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Undoing Babel is the first extensive examination of the development of the Babel narrative amongst Anglo-Saxon authors from late antiquity to the eleventh century.
- Contents:
- Cover; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Genesis 10â#x80;#x93;11; Introduction; 1 Early Jewish and Christian Antiquity; 2 Latin Christian Antiquity; 3 The Early Anglo-Saxon School at Canterbury; 4 Bede and Alcuin; 5 Alfred the Great and the Literature of His Reign; 6 The Tenth and Early Eleventh Centuries; 7 The Biblical Poems of Junius 11; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9781487511272
- 1487511272
- 9781487511265
- 1487511264
- OCLC:
- 1083583514
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