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Water in Medieval Literature

Water in Medieval Literature

Water in Medieval Literature

Albrecht Classen

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Editorial:
Bloomsbury Publishing plc
Año de edición:
2019
Materia
Estudios literarios: clásicos, primitivos y medievales
ISBN:
9781498539869
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This book uncovers the tremendous importance of water for European medieval literature, focusing on a large number of writers and poets. Water proves to be highly meaningful in religious, literary, and factual narratives insofar as it emerges as a central catalyst to bring about epiphany and epistemological and spiritual illumination.

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