STUDIES IN ENGLISH LITERA TÜRE Volume LXXI CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY AND OLD ENGLISH POETRY by JAMES H. WILSON 1974 MOUTON THE HAGUE· PARIS © Copyright 1974 in The Netherlands Mouton & Co. N.V., Publishers, The Hague No part of this book may be translated or reproduced in any form, by print, photoprint, microfilm, or any other means, without written permission from the publishers LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOG CARD NUMER: 74-78921 Printed in The Netherlands by Mouton & Co., The Hague For R. Μ. Lumiansky TABLE OF CONTENTS I. The Background 9 II. The Elegies: An Introduction 48 III. The Wanderer 63 IV. The Seafarer 86 V. Caedmon 110 VI. Cynewulf 141 Bibliography 181 Index 187