Old english poems of christ and his saints
Éditeur :
Harvard University Press
ISBN :
9780674053182
Date de publication :
1 nov. 2013
Dimensions :
20,3 x 13,3 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Religious piety has rarely been animated as vigorously as in Old English Poems of Christ and His Saints. Ranging from lyrical to dramatic to narrative and showing great inventiveness, these ten anonymous poems vividly demonstrate the extraordinary hybrid that emerges when traditional Germanic verse adapts itself to Christian themes.