
Water and Fire
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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. -- .
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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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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
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