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LITERARY STRUCTURES Edited by John Gardner The Construction of Christian Poetry in Old English by John Gardner SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY PRESS Carbondale and Edwardsville Fefjer & Simons, Inc. London and Amsterdam Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Gardner, John Champlin, 1933- The construction of Christian poetry in Old English. (Literary structures) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Anglo-Saxon poetry—History and criticism. 2. Christian poetry, Anglo-Saxon—History and criticism. I. Title. PR201.G37 829'. 1 74-28475 ISBN 0-8093-0705-7 Copyright © 1975 by Southern Illinois University Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Designed by Gary Gore To my teacher, John C. McGalliard

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Focusing on the works of Cynewulf, the Caedmonic school, and the great "Beowulf"-­poet, John Gardner traces the develop­ment of Anglo-Saxon Christian poetic style. This latest contribution to a distinguished new series is a scholar-novelist-poet's analysis of allegorical modes in a few ma­jor poe
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