1. The Narrator in The Ruthwell Crucifixion Poem.
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Bammesberger, Alfred
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LITERARY criticism , *POETRY (Literary form) , *OLD English poetry , *POINT of view (Literature) , *CHRISTIAN poetry - Abstract
The article discusses the inscriptions on the Ruthwell Cross, which forms part of what has come to be called "The Ruthwell Crucifixion Poem," which was the subject of research by scholar John M. Kemble. The similarities between this poem and "The Dream of the Rood." It is noted that in a paper written in 1840, Kemble failed to identify the speaker of the Ruthwell poem as the Cross. Scholar Pamela O'Neill and her rejection of the idea that the Cross speaks to the dreamer in the Ruthwell poem is discussed.
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- 2010
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