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 Dream of the Rood Information
2,266 words, approx. 8 pages
 The Dream of the Rood is one of the earliest Christian poems in the corpus of Anglo-Saxon literature and an intriguing example of the genre of dream poetry. Like all Old English poetry, it is written in alliterative verse. Rood is from the Anglo-Saxon... 
 Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by John V. Fleming
12,390 words, approx. 41 pages
 Below, Fleming examines the characters, language, and themes of The Dream of the Rood, calling the poem "a carved celebration of the monastic ideals" of English Benedictinism.
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Critical Essay by Louis H. Leiter
10,733 words, approx. 36 pages
In this essay, Leiter studies the transformation of the poem's three characters: Christ, the Cross, and the Dreamer.
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Critical Essay by Rosemary Woolf
7,411 words, approx. 25 pages
In the following essay, Woolf assesses The Dream of the Rood 's emphasis on Christ's supremacy and suffering, stating that the poet "reflected exactly the doctrinal pattern of thought of his time. '
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