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Blickling Spirituality and the Old English Vernacular Homily
DescriptionA study of the 10th-century Blickling homiliary, one of the most important and least-studied collections of Latin / Anglo-Saxon sermon literature. Reviews". . . a close reading of eighteen sermons in the tenth-century Blickling homiliary . . . . Jeffrey's most important contribution to the study of the Blickling homilies is her treatment of the collection as a deliberately constructed whole. . . . advances our understanding of the metonymic method the Old English vernacular writers used. . . . detailed and interesting; her introductory chapter provides a thorough background for understanding the Blickling sermons in the context of other Old English vernacular homilies." _ Christianity and Literature
ISBN10: 0-88946-315-8 ISBN13: 978-0-88946-315-8 Pages: 197 Year: 1989
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