31 pages 1 hour read

Anonymous

Judith

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 975

A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.

Further Reading & Resources

Related Poems

Beowulf by Author Unknown (sometime in the 9th or 10th century)

Inevitably, Judith is read in conjunction with Beowulf, the much-anthologized Medieval Old English battle epic. Because Judith was bound in the same codex and bears some thematic and stylistic similarities to Beowulf, scholars have conjectured that they may have been written by the same poet. In both epics, a central hero, driven by Christian faith, stands up against and ultimately defeats a monstrous pagan foe.

Judith” by Vicki Feaver (1994)

A contemporary psychological take on the story of Judith and Holofernes, this poem assumes the biblical characterization of Judith as a grieving widow. The poem, which inhabits Judith’s mind at the moment of the killing, squares how Judith can be both pious widow and bloodthirsty murderer who, helpless and driven by grief over the death of her husband, slays the general at the moment he himself is helpless.

Judith and Holofernes” A. H. Jerriod Avant (2023)

Inspired by one of the numerous Renaissance paintings that depict Judith’s execution of Holofernes, the poem investigates how the poet studies the painting itself. The author ponders the terrible beauty of insurrection and the bloody cost of resisting unreasonable and immoral authority.

Related Titles

By Anonymous

Study Guide

logo

Arden of Faversham

Anonymous

Arden of Faversham

Anonymous

Study Guide

logo

A Woman in Berlin

Anonymous

A Woman in Berlin

Anonymous

Study Guide

logo

Bible (New Testament)

Anonymous

Bible (New Testament): English Standard Version

Anonymous

Study Guide

logo

Bible: Old Testament

Anonymous

Bible: Old Testament: English Standard Version

Anonymous

Study Guide

logo

Diary of an Oxygen Thief

Anonymous

Diary of an Oxygen Thief

Anonymous

Study Guide

logo

Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep

Anonymous

Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep

Anonymous

Study Guide

logo

Homeric Hymns

Anonymous

Homeric Hymns

Anonymous

Study Guide

logo

Lazarillo De Tormes

Anonymous

Lazarillo De Tormes

Anonymous

Study Guide

logo

Nibelungenlied

Anonymous

Nibelungenlied

Anonymous

Study Guide

logo

One Thousand and One Nights

Anonymous

One Thousand and One Nights

Anonymous

Study Guide

logo

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Anonymous

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Anonymous