Samantha Zacher
Biographic Data
| ID | 5130077 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Samantha Zacher |
| GIVEN NAMES | Samantha |
| FAMILY NAME | Zacher |
| SIGNATURE | ZACHER S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Professor, Department of English, The College of Arts and Sciences, Cornell University Ithaca, NY USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Christian Jew and the Unmarked Jewess
Babylon under Western Eyes
Old English Lexicology and Lexicography
Imagining the Jew in Anglo-Saxon Literature and Culture
Introduction
A Companion to British Literature
Early Welsh literature, dating from the ninth to twelfth centuries, presents an origin legend of Britain that differs from the account given by Geoffrey of Monmouth in his Historia Regum Britanniae. While Geoffrey claims a Trojan origin for Britain, justifying the later Norman occupation of the island, Welsh tradition posits an autochthonous British foundation hero, Prydein, whose most famous successor was Arthur, king of Britain. In some of the …
Rewriting the Old Testament in Anglo-Saxon Verse
The Bible played a crucial role in shaping Anglo-Saxon national and cultural identity. However, access to Biblical texts was necessarily limited to very few individuals in Medieval England. In this book, Samantha Zacher explores how the very earliest English Biblical poetry creatively adapted, commented on and spread Biblical narratives and traditions to the wider population. Systematically surveying the manuscripts of surviving poems, the book s…
A Companion to British Literature
Early Welsh literature, dating from the ninth to twelfth centuries, presents an origin legend of Britain that differs from the account given by Geoffrey of Monmouth in his Historia Regum Britanniae. While Geoffrey claims a Trojan origin for Britain, justifying the later Norman occupation of the island, Welsh tradition posits an autochthonous British foundation hero, Prydein, whose most famous successor was Arthur, king of Britain. In some of the …
Rewriting the Old Testament in Anglo-Saxon Verse
The Bible played a crucial role in shaping Anglo-Saxon national and cultural identity. However, access to Biblical texts was necessarily limited to very few individuals in Medieval England. In this book, Samantha Zacher explores how the very earliest English Biblical poetry creatively adapted, commented on and spread Biblical narratives and traditions to the wider population. Systematically surveying the manuscripts of surviving poems, the book s…
A Companion to British Literature
Early Welsh literature, dating from the ninth to twelfth centuries, presents an origin legend of Britain that differs from the account given by Geoffrey of Monmouth in his Historia Regum Britanniae. While Geoffrey claims a Trojan origin for Britain, justifying the later Norman occupation of the island, Welsh tradition posits an autochthonous British foundation hero, Prydein, whose most famous successor was Arthur, king of Britain. In some of the …
Imagining the Jew in Anglo-Saxon Literature and Culture
Introduction
Babylon under Western Eyes
Old English Lexicology and Lexicography
The Christian Jew and the Unmarked Jewess
Art (5 works) · History (5 works) · Literature (5 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Classics (3 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (3 works) · Anglo saxon (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · English literature (2 works) · Great britain (2 works)