THE PATER NOSTER LETTERS IN THE POETIC.

This article discusses the poetic dialogues in the Old English poem Solomon and Saturn. It is stated that the most memorable passage in the poetic dialogues is the sequence in which the letters of the Pater Noster are personified as warriors and their attacks upon the Devil vividly described. The we...

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Published in:	Modern Language Review Vol. 83; no. 1; pp. 1 - 10
Main Author:	Jonassen, Frederick B.
Format:	Literary Criticism
Published:	Modern Humanities Research Association Jan1988
Subjects:	Old English dialogues Solomon & Saturn (Poem) Old English poetry Letters Fictional characters Epithets Personification in literature
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