The Owl and the Nightingale. Cleanness. St Erkenwald

by Brian Stone (Editor)

Paperback, 1988

Status

Available

Call number

821.108

Tags

Penguin Classics, Penguin black 1, English literature, fiction, Middle Ages, poetry, hagiography

Genres

Collection

Your library

Publication

Penguin Books Ltd (1988), Paperback, 272 pages

Description

The Middle English poems in this book exemplify three major genres in medieval religious writing: saint's legend, Bible epic and religious debate.St Erkenwald, perhaps the best saint's legend, tells how a bishop of london raised a pagan judge from the dead and sent his soul to heaven.

Subjects

Language

English

Original publication date

1971

ISBN

0140448810 / 9780140448818

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