UID:
edocfu_9958353377902883
Umfang:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781487514280
Serie:
Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series
Inhalt:
Biblical poetry, written between the fourth and eleventh centuries, is an eclectic body of literature that disseminated popular knowledge of the Bible across Europe. Composed mainly in Latin and subsequently in Old English, biblical versification has much to tell us about the interpretations, genre preferences, reading habits, and pedagogical aims of medieval Christian readers. Biblical Epics in Late Antiquity and Anglo-Saxon England provides an accessible introduction to biblical epic poetry. Patrick McBrine’s erudite analysis of the writings of Juvencus, Cyprianus, Arator, Bede, Alcuin, and more reveals the development of a hybridized genre of writing that informed and delighted its Christian audiences to such an extent it was copied and promoted for the better part of a millennium. The volume contains many first-time readings and discussions of poems and passages which have long lain dormant and offers new evidence for the reception of the Bible in late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.
Anmerkung:
Frontmatter --
,
Contents --
,
Preface --
,
Abbreviations --
,
Chapter One. Introduction --
,
Chapter Two. Juvencus’ Euangeliorum Libri Quattuor (c. 330 CE) --
,
Chapter Three. Cyprianus’ Heptateuch (c. 400–425 CE) --
,
Chapter Four. Sedulius’ Carmen Paschale (c. 425–450 CE) --
,
Chapter Five. Avitus’ Historia Spiritalis (c. 500 CE) --
,
Chapter Six. Arator’s Historia Apostolica (c. 544 CE) --
,
Chapter Seven. Reading Biblical Epics in Anglo-Saxon England: Aldhelm, Bede, Alcuin --
,
Chapter Eight. Old English Biblical Verse: Genesis A, Genesis B, Exodus --
,
Chapter Nine. Conclusion --
,
Appendix 1. Outline of the Carmen Paschale --
,
Appendix 2. Miracles in Book One of the Carmen Paschale --
,
Bibliography --
,
Index
,
In English.
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.3138/9781487514280
URL:
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487514280
