TY - BOOK ID - 6208122 TI - The Irish tradition in Old English literature PY - 1993 VL - 6 SN - 0521419093 0521032113 051151882X 9780521419093 9780511518829 9780521032117 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - English literature KW - Christian literature, English (Old) KW - Sermons, Medieval KW - Sermons, English (Old) KW - Mythology, Celtic, in literature. KW - Devil in literature. KW - Hell in literature. KW - Irish influences. KW - History and criticism. KW - Mythology, Celtic, in literature KW - Devil in literature KW - Hell in literature KW - Irish influences KW - History and criticism KW - Vercelli book KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Literature KW - English literature - Old English, ca. 450-1100 KW - English literature - Irish influences KW - Christian literature, English (Old) - History and criticism KW - Sermons, Medieval - England - History and criticism KW - Sermons, English (Old) - History and criticism KW - Vercelli book. KW - England KW - Civilization KW - Anglo-Saxon sermons KW - English sermons, Old KW - Old English sermons KW - Sermons, Anglo-Saxon KW - Sermons, Old English KW - English prose literature KW - Anglo-Saxon literature KW - English literature, Old KW - Old English literature KW - British literature KW - Codex Vercellensis KW - Vercellensis Codex KW - Ireland UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:6208122 AB - Irish monks and missionaries played a crucial role in the conversion of the pagan Anglo-Saxons and in the formation of Christian culture in England, but the nature and extent of Irish influence on Old English poetry has remained largely undefined. Charles Wright identifies the characteristic features of Irish Christian literature which influenced Anglo-Saxon vernacular authors. Professor Wright traces the Irish background of the distinctive contents of Vercelli Homily IX and its remarkable exemplum, 'The Devil's Account of the Next World', and traces the dissemination of related stylistic and thematic material elsewhere in Old English literature, including other anonymous homilies such as Beowulf and the Solomon and Saturn texts. As a full-length study of Irish influence on Old English religious literature, the book will appeal to scholars in Old English literature, Anglo-Saxon studies, and Old and Middle Irish literature. ER -