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A study of Christ and his saints as representatives of the values of Christian heroism in Old English poetry
Bibliography: pages 71-72.
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/21143 A study of Christ and his saints as representatives of the values of Christian heroism in Old English poetry Woeber, Catherine English poetry - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - History and criticism Christianity in literature Bibliography: pages 71-72. This dissertation investigates the concept of Christian heroism as it appears in a number of Old English poems, through a study of the figure of the miles Christi. These poems present a specific Christian heroism which, though couched in terms culled from Germanic heroism, nevertheless exists in its own right and is quite different from it. Christ and his saints are seen as heroes in themselves (Christian servants obedient to the will of God) rather than as heroic warriors as they are usually regarded (Germanic heroes fighting for a Christian cause). They are leaders and heroes in the sense of servants, and not only like kings and warriors of the Germanic code. A study of some poems from the Cynewulf canon shows that the poets understood Christian heroism to mean more than brave battling for the cause of good; in essence, it is complete submission to the will of God. 2016-08-05T10:52:08Z 2016-08-05T10:52:08Z 1987 Master Thesis Masters MA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21143 eng application/pdf Department of English Language and Literature Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | English poetry - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - History and criticism Christianity in literature Woeber, Catherine A study of Christ and his saints as representatives of the values of Christian heroism in Old English poetry |
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| title | A study of Christ and his saints as representatives of the values of Christian heroism in Old English poetry |
| title_full | A study of Christ and his saints as representatives of the values of Christian heroism in Old English poetry |
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| title_short | A study of Christ and his saints as representatives of the values of Christian heroism in Old English poetry |
| title_sort | study of christ and his saints as representatives of the values of christian heroism in old english poetry |
| topic | English poetry - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - History and criticism Christianity in literature |
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