Abstract:A basic theological unity underlies the Old English poem The Wanderer, reconciling The Wanderer's existentialist tone with the eardstapa's Christian epiphany. Many readings argue that Anglo-Saxon Christians were unable to have the sorts of existentialist doubts being voiced by the eardstapa; any expression of doubt immediately precludes the speaker being Christian. Critics cite twentieth-century, atheistic versions of existentialism as proof of this assertion. Given the poem's cultural milieu, it seems wiser t… Show more
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