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The Dream of the Rood (Paperback, New Ed)
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The Dream of the Rood (Paperback, New Ed)
Series: Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies
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The Dream of the Rood is a poem that has entranced generations of
scholars. It is one of the greatest religious poems in English
literature, the work of a nameless poet of superb genius.
Immediately attractive, its poetic content is readily accessible to
the modern reader, being in the mainstream of Western religious
thought. Representative of the Golden Age of Anglo-Saxon culture,
drawing on both visual and doctrinal motifs, it provides a ready
introduction to its own intellectual and artistic milieu. This is
underlined by intimate links with the Ruthwell Cross, the
documentary context of the earlier version, and itself often
regarded as one of the finest monuments of the Anglo-Saxon Age.
This edition presents a conservative text with variant readings
described in the notes. In his introduction Professor Swanton
describes the Vercelli Book, in which the full text of The Dream of
the Rood is found, and gives an account of the Ruthwell Cross, the
sources for which are scattered and not normally familiar to
students of Old English. The relationship between the two texts,
the doctrine behind the poem and its style and structure are also
discussed. The edition includes extensive notes and a glossary.
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