Christian writers like the Beowulf poet looked back on their pagan ancestors with:
nostalgia and ill-concealed envy.
bewilderment and visceral loathing.
admiration and elegiac sympathy.
bigotry and shallow triumphalism.
Correct Answer :
C. admiration and elegiac sympathy.
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