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... heroic themes common to old Germania , turning to face the new world of Latin Christianity . It is Christianity that brought the Anglo - Saxons into touch with Christian Europe , and Christian Europe in 12 ANGLO - SAXON LITERATURE.
... heroic themes common to old Germania , turning to face the new world of Latin Christianity . It is Christianity that brought the Anglo - Saxons into touch with Christian Europe , and Christian Europe in 12 ANGLO - SAXON LITERATURE.
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... Christian symbolism . The whole poem is based on the same set of symbolic meanings which T. S. Eliot employed in The Waste Land . Thus the medieval poet , mingling themes of different origins and at different levels , was often working ...
... Christian symbolism . The whole poem is based on the same set of symbolic meanings which T. S. Eliot employed in The Waste Land . Thus the medieval poet , mingling themes of different origins and at different levels , was often working ...
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... Christian Church , with its two great festivals of Christmas and Easter and its celebration of the significant points in Christ's career from birth to resurrection , was itself inherently dramatic . Indeed , the Christian year ...
... Christian Church , with its two great festivals of Christmas and Easter and its celebration of the significant points in Christ's career from birth to resurrection , was itself inherently dramatic . Indeed , the Christian year ...
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CHAPTER PAGE 1 ANGLOSAXON LITERATURE | 3 |
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THE VICTORIAN POETS 993 | 13 |
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