Old English Poems of Christ and His Saints

Old English Poems of Christ and His Saints
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ISBN-10 : 0674053184
ISBN-13 : 9780674053182
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Download or read book Old English Poems of Christ and His Saints written by Mary Clayton and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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