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Satan Unbound : The Devil in Old English Narrative Literature /

"The devil is perhaps the single most recurring character in Old English narrative literature, and yet his function in the highly symbolic narrative world of hagiography has never been systematically studied. Certain inconsistencies characteristically accompany the nebulous devil in early medie...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Dendle, Peter, 1968- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2001]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Evolution of the Anglo-Saxon Devil
  • Literature and Cultural Archaeology
  • The Devil as Tempter
  • Demonic Instigation in Patristic Theology
  • Demonic Instigation in Narrative Literature
  • The Vercelli Book and the Devil's Arrows
  • AElfric
  • The Role of the Devil
  • The Range of Narrative Functions
  • The Life of Nicholas: The Accidental Devil
  • The Lives of Margaret: The Devil as Saint-Maker
  • The Devil as Observer
  • Exterior Evil and the Landscape of Old English Narrative
  • The Devil in Hell
  • The Devil of the Air
  • The Liturgical Devil
  • The Devil of the Homilies
  • Space and Poetry
  • Mise-en Scene in Elene and Andreas
  • The Devil and the Demons
  • Bede's Ecclesiastical History
  • Cynewulf
  • The Guthlac Cycle
  • Dialogue and Demonology: Defining the Opponent
  • Open Registers of Demonic Representation
  • The Devil as Idiom.