Beowulf and Civitas Dei: A Study of Augustinian Influence in the Old English Poem
FAIN: FB-11079-72
Brown University (Providence, RI 02912-9100)
Stephen C. Bandy (Project Director: September 1972 to present)
To reconstruct in some measure the outlook of the age which produced so morally instructive a document as Beowulf. Study will examine the influence of Christian Doctrine (specifically that of St. Augustine) upon Old English literature. Study will result in a book.