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- Title
Hrothgar and Nebuchadnezzar: Conversion in Old English Verse.
- Authors
Bosse, Roberta Bux; Wyatt, Jennifer Lee
- Abstract
Examines the phenomena associated with conversion in 'Beowulf' and other passages in Old English literature. Account of the conversion of King Edwin of Northumbria in the book 'The Ecclesiastical History of the English People'; Depiction of Judas' conversion in the poem 'Elene'; Ambiguities surrounding the conversion of Hrothgar in 'Beowulf'; Pattern of Hrothgar's conversion and others in the literature.
- Subjects
CONVERSION (Religion) in literature; OLD English literature; BEOWULF; ELENE (Poem); ECCLESIASTICAL History of the English People (Book)
- Publication
Papers on Language & Literature, 1987, Vol 23, Issue 3, p257
- ISSN
0031-1294
- Publication type
Literary Criticism