Rebel Angels

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Rebel Angels

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Teil der Manchester Medieval Literature And Culture-Serie

Zusammenfassung

This book examines the ‘fall of the angels’ tradition in early medieval sermons, saints’ lives, legal documents and Old English biblical poetry. It argues that Anglo-Saxon authors adapted apocryphal and patristic accounts in ways that allowed them to express their ideas concerning ecclesiastical and secular power. -- .

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Rebel Angels by Jill Fitzgerald

Over six hundred years before John Milton's Paradise Lost, Anglo-Saxon authors told their own version of the fall of the angels. This book brings together various cultural moments, literary genres and relevant comparanda to recover that version, from the legal and social world to the world of popular spiritual ritual and belief. The story of the fall of the angels in Anglo-Saxon England is the story of a successfully transmitted exegetical teaching turned rich literary tradition. It can be traced through a range of genres - sermons, saints' lives, royal charters, riddles, devotional and biblical poetry - each one offering a distinct window into the ancient myth's place within the Anglo-Saxon literary and cultural imagination.

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'One comes away from this book with a new appreciation for the motif of the fallen angels, both in its frequency and in its flexibility for interpretation and application'
Journal of English and Germanic Philology

'Rebel Angels is a fantastic resource collating stories of angelic rebellion in early medieval England.'
Journal of Medieval Religious Cultures

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Jill Fitzgerald is Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the United States Naval Academy
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ISBN 13 9781526155924
ISBN 10 1526155923
Titel Rebel Angels
Autor Jill Fitzgerald
Serie Manchester Medieval Literature And Culture
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Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Manchester University Press
Erscheinungsjahr 2021-05-04
Seitenanzahl 336
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