Dream of the rood

Klappentext Presents a conservative text with variant reading described in the notes. This title gives an account of the Ruthwell Cross! the sources for which are scattered and not normally familiar to students of Old English. Zusammenfassung The 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. Contents: The Vercelli book; the Ruthwell cross; relationship between the texts; doctrine and iconography; style and structure; select bibliography; texts.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Michael Swanton
• Mitarbeit: Michael Swanton (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: External catalogues UK
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 15.01.1996
• EAN: 9780859895033
• ISBN: 978-0-85989-503-3
• Abmessung: 122 mm x 182 mm x 11 mm
• Serien: Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies; Exeter Mediaeval Texts & Studies; Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies; Exeter Medieval Texts and Stud
• Themen: Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft