Old English Poems of Christ and His Saints

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.

About the author

Mary Clayton is Professor Emerita of Old and Middle English at University College Dublin.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Clayton, Mary (EDT) Clayton
• Assisted by: Mary Clayton (Translation), Clayton Mary (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2013
• EAN: 9780674053182
• ISBN: 978-0-674-05318-2
• No. of pages: 432
• Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Librar; Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; POETRY / General, Poetry