Search Type
  • All
  • Subject
  • Title
  • Author
  • Publisher
  • Series Title
Search Title

Download

Biblical Paradigms in Medieval English Literature

From Cædmon to Malory

Biblical Paradigms in Medieval English Literature( )
Author: Besserman, Lawrence
ISBN:978-0-415-74422-5
Publication Date:Nov 2013
Publisher:Routledge
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $55.95
Book Description:

This book examines the intricate and unusual relationship between the sacred and secular spheres of English medieval culture, positing that the assimilation of sacred and secular motifs could be in either direction, or even in both directions. That is, medieval English writers could appropriate biblical paradigms to express secular themes, and vice versa. Codicological, psychoanalytic, feminist, and new historicist insights inform readings of Beowulf, Middle English lyric poetry,...
More Description

Book Details
Pages:236
Detailed Subjects: Literary Criticism / Medieval
Religion / Biblical Studies / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):8.931 x 5.928 x 0.741 Inches
Book Weight:0.75 Pounds



Featured Books

Madness
Hylton, Antonia
Hardback: $30.00
The Devil and Miss Prym
Coelho, Paulo
Paperback: $15.99
The Book of Love
Link, Kelly
Hardback: $31.00

Rate this title:

Select your rating below then click 'submit'.






I do not wish to rate this title.