Paradise, Death And Doomsday In Anglo-saxon Literature

This page intentionally left blank cambridge studies in anglo-saxon england 32 PARADISE, DEATH AND DOOMSDAY IN ANGLO-SAXON LITERATURE cambridge studies in anglo-saxon england founding general editors michael lapidge and simon keynes current general editors simon keynes and andy orchard 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Volumes published Anglo-Saxon Crucifixion Iconography and the Art of the Monastic Revival by b a r b a r a c . r aw The Cult of the Virgin Mary in Anglo-Saxon England by m ar y c l ay t o n Religion and Literature in Western England, 600–800 by patrick sims-williams Visible Song: Transitional Literacy in Old English Verse by katherine o’brien o’keefe The Metrical Grammar of ‘Beowulf’ by calvin b. kendall The Irish Tradition in Old English Literature by charles d. wright Anglo-Saxon Medicine by m . l . ca m er o n The Poetic Art of Aldhelm by andy orchard The Old English Lives of St Margaret by m ar y c l ayt o n and hugh magennis Biblical Commentaries from the Canterbury School of Theodore and Hadrian by bernhard bischoff and michael lapidge Archbishop Theodore: Commemorative Studies on his Life and Influence edited by michael lapidge Interactions of Thought and Language in Old English Poetry by p e t e r c l e m o e s The Textuality of Old English Poetry by carol braun pa sternack The ‘Laterculus Malalianus’ and the School of Archbishop Theodore by jane stevenson The Text of the Old Testament in Anglo-Saxon England by richard marsden Old English Biblical Verse by pau l g . re m l e y The Hymns of the Anglo-Saxon Church by inge b. milfull Scenes of Community in Old English Poetry by hugh magennis The Old English Apocrypha and their Manuscript Source: ‘The Gospel of Nichodemus’ and ‘The Avenging of the Saviour’ edited by j. e. cross The Composition of Old English Poetry by h . m o m m a Trinity and Incarnation in Anglo-Saxon Art and Thought by b a r b a r a c . r aw Heathen Gods in Old English Literature by richard north ‘Beowulf’ and Old Germanic Metre by geoffrey russom Ælfric’s Letter to the Monks of Eynsham by christopher a. jones The Intellectual Foundations of English Benedictine Reform by mechthild gretsch Apocryphal Gospels of Mary in Anglo-Saxon England by m ar y c l ay t o n Representations of the Natural World in Old English Poetry by jennifer neville Anglo-Saxon Gestures and the Roman Stage by c . r . d o dw e l l Literary Appropriations of the Anglo-Saxons from the Thirteenth to the Twentieth Century by donald scragg and carole weinberg Rewriting Old English in the Twelfth Century by mary swann and elaine m. treharne Text and Picture in Anglo-Saxon England: Narrative Strategies in the Junius 11 Manuscript by c at h e r i n e e . k ar ko v Paradise, Death and Doomsday in Anglo-Saxon Literature ANANYA JAHANARA KABIR Trinity College, Cambridge           The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom    The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211, USA 477 Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne, VIC 3207, Australia Ruiz de Alarcón 13, 28014 Madrid,