Undoing Babel : the Tower of Babel in Anglo-Saxon literature / Tristan Major.
Undoing Babel : the Tower of Babel in Anglo-Saxon literature / Tristan Major.
Undoing Babel : the Tower of Babel in Anglo-Saxon literature / Tristan Major.
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Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]
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G 2019/0737
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English
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Physical content
xiii, 289 pages ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Early Jewish and Christian antiquity -- Latin Christian antiquity -- The early Anglo-Saxon school at Canterbury -- Bede and Alcuin -- Alfred the Great and the literature of his reign -- The tenth and early eleventh centuries -- The Biblical poems of Junius 11 -- Conclusion.
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Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]
Place of Publication
Ontario
Date Published
[2018]
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Summary
"The Tower of Babel narrative is one of the most memorable accounts of the Bible, and its interpretative potential has produced a vast array of literary adaptations. Undoing Babel is the first extensive examination of the development of the Babel narrative amongst Anglo-Saxon authors from late antiquity to the eleventh century. Tristan Major's illu...
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Undoing Babel : the Tower of Babel in Anglo-Saxon literature / Tristan Major.
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Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series ; 25
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-284) and index.
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©2018
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G 2019/0737
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74VKVyzaXXJy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVyzaXXJy
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ISBN
9781487500542
1487500548
DDC
829.09372
MMS ID
991024232316002626
