Theme and Echo in an Anonymous Old English Homily for Easter
Anonymous vernacular homilies of the later Anglo-Saxon period have recently proved a fruitful field of investigation for scholars. Work in this area has enabled the investigator to recover themes and topoi available to the Old English writer, and has helped reconstruct the intellectual milieu in whi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
1986
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Traditio
Year: 1986, Volume: 42, Pages: 115-142 |
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| Summary: | Anonymous vernacular homilies of the later Anglo-Saxon period have recently proved a fruitful field of investigation for scholars. Work in this area has enabled the investigator to recover themes and topoi available to the Old English writer, and has helped reconstruct the intellectual milieu in which he worked. Indeed, late composite homilies may reveal how homilists such as Ælfric were received and understood by subsequent generations. |
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| ISSN: | 2166-5508 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Traditio
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0362152900004062 |