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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"The Battle of Maldon"”.
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Wicing Sceal on Waelstowe: The Viking Maxim in The Battle of Maldon
In The Battle of Maldon, the valor of the English who fight is never in question. The infamy of the cowards who flee is evident. The way the poet views the Vikings, however, is slightly less obvious. The poet treats all characters who act within the contract of battle with a sort of biased …
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The collapse of the heroic tradition in 20th century war poetry
In the last two decades there has been a growing interest in the English poetry of the First World War. One of the products of this interest has been a great deal of literary criticism culminating in three major studies: by John H. Johnston in 1964; Bernard Bergonzi in 1965; and John Silkin in …
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Constructing the Christian: Agency and Emulation in Old English Poetry
<p>Old English religious verse - born out of a productive fusion between pre-existing Germanic ideals and Christian value-systems brought to England at the end of the sixth century - grapples energetically with the question of how people ought to live morally upright lives pleasing to God. In …