From secular to sacred flyting : the Anglo-Saxon re-analysis of the Christian war of words in Old English religious prose and verse

The interaction of Germanic and Latin Christian influences on Old English literature has long interested scholars. This study examines one instance of this interaction -- the effect of the Germanic genre of flyting on the depiction of the Christian war of words in Old English religious prose an...

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Main Author: Simpkins, Linda Margaret
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/7362