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1. The Mental Container and the Cross of Christ: Revelation and Community in The Dream of the Rood.

Author

Mize, Britt

Subjects
*CRITICISM, *OLD English poetry, *CROSSES in literature, *DREAMS in literature, *POETRY (Literary form), *LITERARY criticism, *CHRISTIAN poetry
Abstract

A literary criticism is presented of the Old English poem "The Dream of the Rood." Of particular interest is the idea that Anglo-Saxon poets believed the human mind was contained. In this poem and others, including "Juliana" and the "Homiletic Fragment II," a treasure motif is used to associate wisdom and the mind with holy relics like the True Cross in the poem. The religious significance of dreams according to the Anglo-Saxons is also considered.

Published
2010
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