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The Apocryphal Lives Of Adam And Eve (Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies)
Roger Hargreaves
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Description for The Apocryphal Lives Of Adam And Eve (Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies)
Paperback. Offers Middle English texts accompanied by detailed notes contextualizing the poems within an apocryphal tradition and full glossary. This edition offers readable texts of the two poems, accompanied by a detailed set of notes which contextualise the poems within their apocryphal tradition. Editor(s): Murdoch, Professor Brian; Tasioulas, Jacqueline. Series: Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies. Num Pages: 200 pages, glossary, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 260.
This edition, the first since 1878, offers Middle English texts accompanied by detailed notes contextualizing the poems within an apocryphal tradition and full glossary. The Introduction reviews the development of the Adam and Eve legend in medieval European vernacular. Last edited in 1878, the two poems edited in this volume are medieval English versions of the legendary lives of Adam and Eve, telling of their attempts to regain the Paradise they had just lost and their life after the Fall, and merging with the related legends of the history of the Cross before Christ. The poems are important as part ... Read more
This edition, the first since 1878, offers Middle English texts accompanied by detailed notes contextualizing the poems within an apocryphal tradition and full glossary. The Introduction reviews the development of the Adam and Eve legend in medieval European vernacular. Last edited in 1878, the two poems edited in this volume are medieval English versions of the legendary lives of Adam and Eve, telling of their attempts to regain the Paradise they had just lost and their life after the Fall, and merging with the related legends of the history of the Cross before Christ. The poems are important as part ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Series
Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780859896986
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V9780859896986
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About Roger Hargreaves
B.O. Murdoch is Professor of German at the University of Stirling. He has published widely on medieval and modern literature in German and Celtic, including Adam's Grace (Brewer, 2000) and The Germanic Hero (Hambledon, 1996). His main research interests include medieval literature in general (Germanic and also Celtic), especially religious literature; the Baroque; and the literature of the world wars, ... Read more
Reviews for The Apocryphal Lives Of Adam And Eve (Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies)
This welcome volume offers accessible texts and comprehensive notes on two medieval English versions of the legendary Lives of Adam and Eve. An admirable, authoritative contribution to scholarship on the apocryphal tradition.
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Two of the most interesting Middle English poems on these subjects… are here presented in an edition that meets the usual high ... Read more
Medium Ævum Vol LXXII
Two of the most interesting Middle English poems on these subjects… are here presented in an edition that meets the usual high ... Read more