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UNINA9910966659503321 |
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Autore |
Major Tristan |
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Titolo |
Undoing Babel : The Tower of Babel in Anglo-Saxon Literature / / Tristan Major |
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Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , [2019] |
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©2018 |
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ISBN |
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9781487511272 |
1487511272 |
9781487511265 |
1487511264 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (307 pages) |
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Collana |
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Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English literature - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - History and criticism |
Babel, Tower of, in literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Genesis 10â#x80;#x93;11; Introduction; 1 Early Jewish and Christian Antiquity; 2 Latin Christian Antiquity; 3 The Early Anglo-Saxon School at Canterbury; 4 Bede and Alcuin; 5 Alfred the Great and the Literature of His Reign; 6 The Tenth and Early Eleventh Centuries; 7 The Biblical Poems of Junius 11; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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