Restoring creation : the natural world in the Anglo-Saxon saints' lives of Cuthbert and Guthlac /

An investigation into two important Saints Lives provides a window into the Anglo-Saxon perception of the non-human world.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Brooks, Britton, 1982- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; Rochester, NY, USA : D.S. Brewer, 2019.
Series:Nature and environment in the Middle Ages.
Subjects:
450-1100
English literature > Old English, ca. 450-1100 > History and criticism.
Landscapes in literature.
Natural history in literature.
Christian hagiography > History and criticism.
Littérature anglaise > ca 450-1100 (Vieil anglais) > Histoire et critique.
Paysages dans la littérature.
Sciences naturelles dans la littérature.
Hagiographie chrétienne > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
Christian hagiography
English literature > Old English
Landscapes in literature
Natural history in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Monastic Obedience and Prelapsarian Cosmography : The Anonymous Vita Sancti Cuthberti
  • Ruminative Poetry and the Divine Office : Bede's Metrical Vita Sancti Cuthberti
  • Bede's Exegesis and Developmental Sanctity : The Prose Vita Sancti Cuthberti
  • Enargaeic Landscapes and Spiritual Progression : Felix's Vita Sancti Guthlaci
  • Landscape Lexis and Creation Restored : The Old English Prose Life of Guthlac and Guthlac A
  • Conclusion : Afterlives of Cuthbert and Guthlac.

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