{"product_id":"undoing-babel-the-tower-of-babel-in-anglo-saxon-literature-hardback-9781487500542","title":"Undoing Babel; The Tower of Babel in Anglo-Saxon Literature (Hardback) 9781487500542","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eUndoing Babel\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Tower of Babel in Anglo-Saxon Literature\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTristan Major (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487500542\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 16 February 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e312 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16 x 2.5 cm, 0.63 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Major\u0026amp;#x2019;s surprising larger point [of this work] is how the story of Babel proves less foundational than one would expect…[This] is a detailed study that impressively brings out the handling of [various biblical texts] across a wide range of retellings throughout the Anglo-Saxon period, even as Major convincingly demonstrates that there may be less at stake in those retellings than meets the eye.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Jonathan Wilcox (The Review of English Studies, New Series, 1-2) \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eUndoing Babel\u003c\/i\u003e, wide-ranging yet everywhere sensitive in its analyses, is a fascinating window not only on the fate of Genesis 10-11 in Anglo-Saxon England, but also on wider movements in the ecclesiastical, political, and literary landscapes, presenting a clear picture of both the idiosyncrasies of individual authors and the ways they fit into broader interpretive trends.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Matthew D. Coker, St. Hilda's College, University of Oxford (Notes and Queries, vol 66 no 1, March '19) \u003cp\u003e\"[Major\u0026amp;#x2019;s book] results in a detailed study that impressively brings out the handling of biblical texts across a range of retellings throughout the Anglo-Saxon period, even as he convincingly demonstrates that there may be less at stake in these retellings than meets the eye.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - R. M. Luizza (Journal of English and Germanic Philology, July 2019) \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eUndoing Babel\u003c\/i\u003e offers a substantial contribution to this field. It will be a very useful book for students, too, and will appeal to readers interested in Christian history, in ethnicity, language, and origins in the early medieval period, and in the reception of the Bible in English more broadly.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Carl Kears, King\u0026amp;#x2019;s College London (\u003cem\u003eModern Philology \u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Tower of Babel narrative is one of the most memorable accounts of the Bible, and its interpretative potential has produced a vast array of literary adaptations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUndoing Babel\u003c\/i\u003e is the first extensive examination of the development of the Babel narrative amongst Anglo-Saxon authors from late antiquity to the eleventh century. Tristan Major\u0026amp;#x2019;s illuminating and original insight into Anglo-Latin and Old English works, including the writings of Aldhelm, Bede, Alcuin, Ælfric, and Wulfstan, reveals the cultural ideologies and anxieties that transformed the Babel narrative. In doing so, Major argues that these Babel narratives provide a basis for understanding the world\u0026amp;#x2019;s ethnic and linguistic diversity as well as a theological stimulus to evangelize non-Christian and non-European people. \u003ci\u003eUndoing Babel \u003c\/i\u003ehighlights\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethe depth of literary innovation in this period and disproves any notion of a single Anglo-Saxon reception of biblical sources.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGenesis 10–11\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Early Jewish and Christian Antiquity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Latin Christian Antiquity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Early Anglo-Saxon School at Canterbury\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Bede and Alcuin\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Alfred the Great and the Literature of his Reign\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Tenth and Early Eleventh Centuries\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Biblical Poems of Junius\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Conclusion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBibliography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52702305255704,"sku":"9781487500542","price":41.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/undoing-babel-the-tower-of-babel-in-anglo-saxon-literature-hardback-9781487500542","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}