LEADER 03671nam 2200733Ia 450 001 9910828082803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-136-59715-8 010 $a1-136-59716-6 010 $a0-203-34750-1 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203347508 035 $a(CKB)2550000000096882 035 $a(EBL)957849 035 $a(OCoLC)798531497 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000622607 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11926372 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000622607 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10642798 035 $a(PQKB)10612328 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC957849 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL957849 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10542167 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL761274 035 $a(OCoLC)900285318 035 $a(OCoLC)711041415 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB139082 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000096882 100 $a20110511d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBiblical paradigms in medieval English literature $efrom Caedmon to Malory /$fLawrence Besserman 210 $aNew York $cRoutledge$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (237 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge studies in medieval literature and culture ;$v1 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-74422-9 311 $a0-415-89794-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Biblical Paradigms in Medieval English Literature; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Biblical Paradigms in Medieval English Literature: From Cędmonto Malory; 1. Biblical Paradigms in Old English Verse: Cędmon's Hymn, Exodus,and Beowulf; 2. Sacred and Secular in the Middle English Lyric: "Maiden in the Moor Lay"and "I Sing of a Maiden; 3. Sacred and Secular in the World of Romance: SGGK The Idea of the Green Knight; 4. Biblical Analogies and the Language of Love in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde 327 $a5. Chivalry and the Scandal of the Sacred in Malory's Le Morte DarthurConclusion; Notes; References; Index 330 $aThis book examines the intricate and unusual relationship between the sacred and secular spheres of English medieval culture, positing that the assimilation of sacred and secular motifs could be in either direction, or even in both directions. That is, medieval English writers could appropriate biblical paradigms to express secular themes, and vice versa. Codicological, psychoanalytic, feminist, and new historicist insights inform readings of Beowulf, Middle English lyric poetry, the Gawain-poet, Chaucer, and Malory, among others. Besserman elucidates the structural and thematic complexity 410 0$aRoutledge studies in medieval literature and culture ;$v1. 606 $aEnglish literature$yMiddle English, 1100-1500$xHistory and criticism 606 $aLiterature, Medieval$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnglish literature$yOld English, ca. 450-1100$xHistory and criticism 606 $aHoly, The, in literature 606 $aSecularism in literature 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aLiterature, Medieval$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aHoly, The, in literature. 615 0$aSecularism in literature. 676 $a820.9/001 700 $aBesserman$b Lawrence L.$f1945-$0902681 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910828082803321 996 $aBiblical paradigms in medieval English literature$93985188 997 $aUNINA