Undoing Babel : The Tower of Babel in Anglo-Saxon Literature /

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The Tower of Babel narrative is one of the most memorable accounts of the Bible, and its interpretative potential has produced a vast array of literary adaptations. Undoing Babel is the first extensive examination of the development of the Babel narrative amongst Anglo-Saxon authors from late antiqu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Major, Tristan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
Colección:Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series
Temas:
Babel, Tower of, in literature.
English literature > Old English, ca. 450-1100 > History and criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Genesis 10-11
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One. Early Jewish and Christian Antiquity
  • Chapter Two. Latin Christian Antiquity
  • Chapter Three. The Early Anglo-Saxon School at Canterbury
  • Chapter Four. Bede and Alcuin
  • Chapter Five. Alfred the Great and the Literature of His Reign
  • Chapter Six. The Tenth and Early Eleventh Centuries
  • Chapter Seven. The Biblical Poems of Junius 11
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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