The Dream of the Rood - Brossura

 
9780859895033: The Dream of the Rood
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ISBN 10: 0859895033 ISBN 13: 9780859895033
Casa editrice: Liverpool Univ Pr, 1996

Sinossi

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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Informazioni sugli autori

Michael Swanton is Professor of Medieval Studies at the University of Exeter.

Michael Swanton is Professor of Medieval Studies at the University of Exeter.

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Editore
Liverpool Univ Pr
Data di pubblicazione
1996
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0859895033
ISBN 13 
9780859895033
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
150
Redattore
Swanton Michael James
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