Description
Book SynopsisThe Dream of the Rood is a poem that has entranced generations of scholars. 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.
Trade ReviewSwanton provides a helpful description of the poem’s text and of its manuscript context, the Vercelli Book. A discussion of the doctrinal and iconographic backgrounds of the poem, and a comprehensive overview of its structural, thematic and stylistic concerns. * The Year’s Work in English Studies *
Table of Contents
- Contents
- The Vercelli book
- The Ruthwell cross
- Relationship between the texts
- Doctrine and iconography
- Style and structure
- Select bibliography
- Texts
