INTERPRETING THE RELIGIOUS MOTIVE OF THE HARROWING OF HELL IN W. LANGLAND’S “PIERS PLOWMAN”
The article researches into W. Langland’s poetic version of the motive popular in the medieval culture – Christ’s Harrowing of Hell, i.e. His descent into hell, triumph over it and bringing salvation to its captives. This motive had several sources: first of all, the Bible, but it contains only va...
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Alfred Nobel University Publisher
2019-06-01
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| Series: | Alfred Nobel University Journal of Philology |
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| Online Access: | https://phil.duan.edu.ua/images/PDF/2019/1/14.pdf |