Samantha Zacher

Robert DeMaria, Jr.

Heesok Chang

A Companion to British Literature, Victorian and Twentieth-Century Literature, 1837 - 2000

Victorian and Twentieth-Century Literature, 1837 - 2000

A Companion to British Literature, Volume 4

Maren Clegg Hyer

Haruko Momma

Essays demonstrating how the careful study of individual words can shed immense light on texts more broadly.

Essays in Honor of Antonette DiPaolo Healey

Old English Lexicology and Lexicography

Early Modern Literature, 1450 - 1660

A Companion to British Literature, Volume 2

The Bible played a crucial role in shaping Anglo-Saxon national and cultural identity. However, access to Biblical texts was necessarily limited to very few individuals in Medieval England. In this book, Samantha Zacher explores how the very earliest English Biblical poetry creatively adapted, commented on and spread Biblical narratives and traditions to the wider population. Systematically surveying the manuscripts of surviving poems, the book shows how these vernacular poets commemorated the Hebrews as God's 'chosen people' and claimed the inheritance of that status for Anglo-Saxon England. Drawing on contemporary translation theory, the book undertakes close readings of the poems Exodus, Daniel and Judith in order to examine their methods of adaptation for their particular theologico-political circumstances and the way they portray and problematize Judaeo-Christian religious identities.

Becoming the Chosen People

Rewriting the Old Testament in Anglo-Saxon Verse

Medieval Literature, 700 - 1450

A Companion to British Literature, Volume 1

New Readings in the Vercelli Book addresses central questions concerning the manuscript's intended use, mode of compilation, and purpose, and offers a variety of approaches on such topics as orthography, style, genre, theme, and source-study.

New Readings in the Vercelli Book

Samantha Zacher

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