"Narration and vision in the Old English ""Genesis B"""

The Old English poem Genesis B is a complex narrative representation of the actions and motivations of Satan, Adam, and Eve, based on a theological understanding of these characters' modes of perception and capacity for spiritual vision. Its narrative concurrently is a description of the biblical events of Adam and Eve's fall, a dramatic development of that story, and a commentary on it. Identifying these pieces and their interaction reveals ways in which religious tradition and learning became part of narrative structure in Genesis B.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Literature, Classical

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Ericksen, Janet A.S.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Wright, Charles D.

• Literature, Classical
• Literature, English

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1994 Ericksen, Janet A. S.

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9416357
(UMI)AAI9416357

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/23565