Rebel Angels

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.

'Rebel Angels is an ambitious book that traces the many dynamic reinterpretations of theangelic rebellion storyFitzgerald’s nuanced approach to her subject’s many complexities, together with the attention given to the texts’ historical circumstances, makes a persuasive argument for the influence of the fall of the angels narrative in the literary imagination of early English authors. This is a thought-provoking book that will prove an inspiration to its careful reader.’
Speculum

'Rebel Angels is a fantastic resource collating stories of angelic rebellion in early medieval England... Fitzgerald’s work opens the door for future studies that more fully explore the interaction of sovereignty and space in early 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	9781526129093
ISBN 10	1526129094
Title	Rebel Angels
Author	Jill Fitzgerald
Series	Manchester Medieval Literature And Culture
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Manchester University Press
Year published	2019-06-22
Number of pages	336
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