The Saxon Savior
The Saxon Savior
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Summary
"The Heliand", a ninth-century Old Saxon epic verse which retells the Gospel story, is little studied today. This is a detailed English-language study of a unique masterpiece of early northern German literature.
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The Saxon Savior by G Ronald Murphy Sj
This book is an interpretation and appreciation of the art of the Heliand, the 9th-century Saxon epic poem in which the Christian Gospel of the four evangelists is reexpressed in Germanic terms. Murphy examines in detail the ingenious and sensitive poetic analogies through which familiar texts--the Nativity, the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes and the Lord's Prayer, the Passion and Resurrection--are transformed into Northern settings and concepts. The first book in English on the Heliand, this study offers a new socio-political explanation of the possible motives of the unknown Heliand author in undertaking this enormous and brilliantly realized poetic task.Ronald G. Murphy is George M. Roth Distinguished Professor of German at Georgetown University.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780195060423 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195060423 |
| Title | The Saxon Savior |
| Author | G Ronald Murphy Sj |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 1990-02-15 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |