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Daniel
Anlezark.
Water
and Fire: the Myth of the Flood in Anglo-Saxon England.
Manchester
U.P., due May 2006.
234x156mm.
384pp.
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Hardback
ISBN
0719063981, £50.00
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.
Anlezark
studies a range of texts against their historical background, and
discusses shifting emphases in the way the flood was interpreted for
diverse audiences. The book concludes with a discussion of Beowulf, relating the epic poem's
presentation of the Flood myth to that of other Anglo-Saxon texts.
Contents
Introduction
1. "You see the water, you see the wood": the Bible and the Fathers
2. A manifold mystery: Bede on the Flood
3. Learning the lesson of the Flood
4. Flood, covenant and apocalypse in Old English poetry
5. Planting Noah's seed
6. Beowulf and the myth of the Flood
Conclusion.
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