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The Dream of the Rood

The Dream of the Rood

Swanton, Michael

Paperback

Series: Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies

General Poetry

ISBN10: 0859895033
ISBN13: 9780859895033
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Published: Apr 1 1996
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.37
Height: 0.56 Width: 4.86 Depth: 7.20
Language: English
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. This edition presents a conservative text with variant reading 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 glossary.

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