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Water and fire : The myth of the flood in Anglo-Saxon England - Daniel Anlezark

Water and fire

The myth of the flood in Anglo-Saxon England

By: Daniel Anlezark

Hardcover | 30 August 2006

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Noah's Flood is one of the Bible's most popular stories, and flood myths survive in many cultures today. This book presents the first comprehensive examination of the incorporation of the Flood myth into the Anglo-Saxon imagination. Focusing on literary representations, it contributes to our understanding of how Christian Anglo-Saxons perceived their place in the cosmos. For them, history unfolded between the primeval Deluge and a future - perhaps imminent - flood of fire, which would destroy the world. This study reveals both an imaginative diversity and shared interpretations of the Flood myth. Anglo-Saxons saw the Flood as a climactic event in God's ongoing war with his more rebellious creatures, but they also perceived the mystery of redemption through baptism.
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'This is a fine and highly rewarding book for students of Saxon literature, history, and culture and those interested in religious myth and Christian thought.' Catherine Cubitt, University of York , Journal of British Studies, Vol. 49, No. 1 -- .

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