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

The Mental Container and the Cross of Christ: Revelation and Community in The Dream of the Rood STUDIESINPHILOLOGY Volume107 Spring,2010 Number2 by Britt Mize centuryandmoreofscholarshiponThe Dream of the Roodhasset itinrelationtomanydifferentelementsofitsculturalcontextin Anglo-SaxonEngland,andourwaysofunderstandingthepoem havegrowncorrespondinglymorenuanced.Thenumerousareasofearly medievalthoughtandactivitywithinwhichwecannowmeaningfully situatethetextincludeculticdevotiontotheCross;monasticlife;private spiritual contemplation, penitence, and mysticism; scripture (as AloisBrandl,"OntheEarlyNorthumbrianPoem,`AVisionoftheCrossofChrist,'" trans.CharlesMacpherson,Scottish Historical Review9(1912):139­47,esp.143­46;Michael Swanton,ed.,The Dream of the Rood(Manchester:ManchesterUniversityPress,1970),42­ 52 and 75­78; Barbara C. Raw, "The Dream of the Rood and Its Connections with Early ChristianArt,"Medium Ævum39(1970):239­56,at249­53;andSandraMcEntire,"The DevotionalContextoftheCrossbeforea.d.1000,"inSources of Anglo-Saxon Culture,ed. PaulE.SzarmachandVirginiaDarrowOggins,StudiesinMedievalCulture20(Kalamazoo:MedievalInstitute,westernMichiganUniversity,1986),345­56. john Fleming, "The Dream of the Rood and Anglo-Saxon Monasticism," Traditio 22 (1966):43­72;andRobertB.Burlin,"TheRuthwellCross,The Dream of the Rood,andthe Vita Contemplativa,"Studies in Philology65(1968):23­43. j.A.Burrow,"AnApproachtoThe Dream of the Rood,"Neophilologus43(1959):123­33; LouisH.Leiter,"The Dream of the Rood:PatternsofTransformation,"inOld English Poetry: Fifteen Essays, ed. Robert P. Creed (Providence: Brown University Press, 1967), 93­127; Anne Savage, "Mystical and Evangelical in The Dream of the Rood: The Private and the 131 ©2010TheUniversityofNorthCarolinaPress Revelation and Community in TheDreamoftheRood wellasoneapocryphon)withitsnimbusofallegoricalcommentary;doctrinaldevelopmentandtheology,especiallychristologicalandsoteriological; liturgy and hymnody; apocalyptic and eschatological dis- Public,"inMysticism: Medieval and Modern,ed.ValerieM.Lagorio(Salzburg:Institutfür AnglistikundAmerikanistik,UniversitätSalzburg,1986),4­11;RobertBoenig,"PseudoDionysiusandThe Dream of the Rood,"Studia Mystica19(1998):1­7;andMaryDockrayMiller,"FemaleDevotionandtheVercelliBook,"Philological Quarterly83(2004):337­54. Faith Patten, "Structure and Meaning in The Dream of the Rood," English Studies 49 (1968):385­401;A.D.Horgan,"The Dream of the RoodandChristianTradition,"Neuphilologische Mitteilungen79(1978):11­20;w.F.Bolton,"TheBookofjobinThe Dream of the Rood,"Mediaevalia6(1980):87­103;j.A.w.Bennett,Poetry of the Passion: Studies in Twelve Centuries of English Verse(Oxford:ClarendonPress,1982),17­24;RobertEmmetFinnegan, "TheGospelofNicodemusandThe Dream of the Rood,148b­156,"Neuphilologische Mitteilungen84(1983):338­43;josephL.Baird,"Natura Plangens,theRuthwellCross,andThe Dream of the Rood,"Studies in Iconography10(1984­86):37­51;AndrewBreeze,"TheVirgin MaryandThe Dream of the Rood,"Florilegium12(1993):55­62;PeterClemoes,"Kingand CreationattheCrucifixion:TheContributionofNativeTraditiontoThe Dream of the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Studies in Philology University of North Carolina Press

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

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STUDIESINPHILOLOGY Volume107 Spring,2010 Number2 by Britt Mize centuryandmoreofscholarshiponThe Dream of the Roodhasset itinrelationtomanydifferentelementsofitsculturalcontextin Anglo-SaxonEngland,andourwaysofunderstandingthepoem havegrowncorrespondinglymorenuanced.Thenumerousareasofearly medievalthoughtandactivitywithinwhichwecannowmeaningfully situatethetextincludeculticdevotiontotheCross;monasticlife;private spiritual contemplation, penitence, and mysticism; scripture (as AloisBrandl,"OntheEarlyNorthumbrianPoem,`AVisionoftheCrossofChrist,'" trans.CharlesMacpherson,Scottish Historical Review9(1912):139­47,esp.143­46;Michael Swanton,ed.,The Dream of the Rood(Manchester:ManchesterUniversityPress,1970),42­ 52 and 75­78; Barbara C. Raw, "The Dream of the Rood and Its Connections with Early ChristianArt,"Medium Ævum39(1970):239­56,at249­53;andSandraMcEntire,"The DevotionalContextoftheCrossbeforea.d.1000,"inSources of Anglo-Saxon Culture,ed. PaulE.SzarmachandVirginiaDarrowOggins,StudiesinMedievalCulture20(Kalamazoo:MedievalInstitute,westernMichiganUniversity,1986),345­56. john Fleming, "The Dream of the Rood and Anglo-Saxon Monasticism," Traditio 22 (1966):43­72;andRobertB.Burlin,"TheRuthwellCross,The Dream of the Rood,andthe Vita Contemplativa,"Studies in Philology65(1968):23­43. j.A.Burrow,"AnApproachtoThe Dream of the Rood,"Neophilologus43(1959):123­33; LouisH.Leiter,"The Dream of the Rood:PatternsofTransformation,"inOld English Poetry: Fifteen Essays, ed. Robert P. Creed (Providence: Brown University Press, 1967), 93­127; Anne Savage, "Mystical and Evangelical in The Dream of the Rood: The Private and the 131 ©2010TheUniversityofNorthCarolinaPress Revelation and Community in TheDreamoftheRood wellasoneapocryphon)withitsnimbusofallegoricalcommentary;doctrinaldevelopmentandtheology,especiallychristologicalandsoteriological; liturgy and hymnody; apocalyptic and eschatological dis- Public,"inMysticism: Medieval and Modern,ed.ValerieM.Lagorio(Salzburg:Institutfür AnglistikundAmerikanistik,UniversitätSalzburg,1986),4­11;RobertBoenig,"PseudoDionysiusandThe Dream of the Rood,"Studia Mystica19(1998):1­7;andMaryDockrayMiller,"FemaleDevotionandtheVercelliBook,"Philological Quarterly83(2004):337­54. Faith Patten, "Structure and Meaning in The Dream of the Rood," English Studies 49 (1968):385­401;A.D.Horgan,"The Dream of the RoodandChristianTradition,"Neuphilologische Mitteilungen79(1978):11­20;w.F.Bolton,"TheBookofjobinThe Dream of the Rood,"Mediaevalia6(1980):87­103;j.A.w.Bennett,Poetry of the Passion: Studies in Twelve Centuries of English Verse(Oxford:ClarendonPress,1982),17­24;RobertEmmetFinnegan, "TheGospelofNicodemusandThe Dream of the Rood,148b­156,"Neuphilologische Mitteilungen84(1983):338­43;josephL.Baird,"Natura Plangens,theRuthwellCross,andThe Dream of the Rood,"Studies in Iconography10(1984­86):37­51;AndrewBreeze,"TheVirgin MaryandThe Dream of the Rood,"Florilegium12(1993):55­62;PeterClemoes,"Kingand CreationattheCrucifixion:TheContributionofNativeTraditiontoThe Dream of the

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