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E211: British Literature to 1760 Bede Study Questions Alfred Drake | Uni Hall 329 | W 3-4 | ajdrake@ajdrake.com Assigned: "Caedmon's Hymn" from Ecclesiastical History. (23ff) 1. Christian theology says that fallen humanity must imitate the life of Christ. What pattern of life takes shape as Bede tells the story he has heard about Caedmon—that is, what sort of person was Caedmon, how did his powers come to him, and what seems to be Bede’s attitude towards the story he tells? Edition: Abrams, M.H. et al. The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Vol. 1A. 7th. edition. New York: Norton, 2000. ISBN 0393975657.
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