English Literature A-Level
Divine judgement and salvation
What Divine judgement and salvation means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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The typological significance of the flood narrative, linking the Old Testament event to New Testament salvation, with the ark representing the Church.
Topics that use Divine judgement and salvation
- Component 3: Poetry – Section B: Specified Poetry Pre- or Post-1900 – Pre-1900 – The Medieval Period – Everyman and Medieval Miracle Plays, editor A C Cawley (Everyman, 1993) (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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