The dream of the rood

Titre:	The holy rood: a dream (éd. Kemble); The dream of the rood
Date:	IX^e ou X^e siècle
Langue:	Anglais
Genre:
Forme:	156 vers
Contenu:
Incipit:	Hwæt! Ic swefna cyst secgan wylle, hwæt me gemætte to midre nihte, syðþan reordberend reste wunedon! þuhte me þæt ic gesawe syllicre treow…
Explicit:	… anwealda ælmihtig, englum to blisse ond eallum ðam halgum þam þe on heofonum ær wunedon on wuldre, þa heora wealdend cwom, ælmihtig god, þær his eðel wæs.

Manuscrits

Vercelli, Biblioteca capitolare, 117, f. 104v-106r [⇛ Description]

Éditions anciennes

Éditions modernes

The Poetry of the Codex Vercellensis, with an English translation. By J. M. Kemble, London, The Ælfric Society, 1843-1846, 2 t., xvi + 100, x + 110 p. (ici t. 2, p. 83-93) [GB] [IA]
Bibliothek der angelsächsischen Poesie begründet von C. W. M. Grein. Neu bearbeitet, vermehrt und nach eignen Lesungen der Handschriften herausgegeben von Richard Paul Wülcker, Kassel, Wigand, 1883-1898, 5 t. (ici t. 2, p. 116-125) [GB: t. 1, t. 2, t. 3] [IA: t. 1, t. 2, t. 3]
Éditions antérieures:
- Bibliothek der angelsächsischen Poesie in kritisch bearbeiteten Texten und mit vollständigem Glossar herausgegeben von C. W. M. Grein, Göttingen, Wigand, 1857-1864, 4 t. [GB: t. 1, t. 2, t. 3, t. 4] [IA: t. 1, t. 2, t. 3, t. 4]
- Bibliothek der angelsächsischen Poesie begründet von C. W. M. Grein. Neu bearbeitet, vermehrt und nach eignen Lesungen der Handschriften herausgegeben von Richard Paul Wülcker. I. Band — 1. Hälfte, Kassel, Wigand, 1881, vii + 422 p. + [4] p. de pl. [GB] [IA]
- Bibliothek der angelsächsischen Poesie begründet von C. W. M. Grein. Neu bearbeitet, vermehrt und nach eignen Lesungen der Handschriften herausgegeben von Richard Paul Wülcker. II. Band — 1. Hälfte, Kassel, Wigand, 1888, vi + 210 p. [GB] [IA]
- Bibliothek der angelsächsischen Poesie begründet von C. W. M. Grein. Neu bearbeitet, vermehrt und nach eignen Lesungen der Handschriften herausgegeben von Richard Paul Wülcker. III. Band — 1. Hälfte, Kassel, Wigand, 1897, [vii] + 248 p. [GB] [IA]
Cynewulf, Il sogno della croce; Cristo: antichi poemetti anglosassoni; riv. nel testo, con versione a fronte; introduzione e note di Aldo Ricci, Firenze, Sansoni (Biblioteca sansoniana straniera, 57), [s. d.], xxxiv + 204 p.
The Dream of the Rood: An Old English Poem Attributed to Cynewulf Edited by Albert S. Cook, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1905, lx + 66 p.
Il codice vercellese con omelie e poesie in lingua anglosassone per concessione del ven. capitolo metropolitano di Vercelli la prima volta interamente riprodotto in fototipia a cura della Biblioteca Vaticana con introduzione del prof. dott. Massimiliano Foerster, Roma, Danesi, 1913, 71 p. + [272] pl. [HT] [IA]
Fac-similé du ms. de Vercelli.
The Dream of the Rood, edited by Bruce Dickens and Alan S. C. Ross, London, Methuen Educational (Methuen's Old English Library), 1954, xii + 51 p. — Réimpr.: 1956; 1960; 1967.
Seven Old English Poems. Cædmon's Hymn, The Battle of Brunanburh, The Dream of the Rood, The Battle of Maldon, The Wanderer, The Seafarer, Deor. Edited, with commentary and glossary by John C. Pope, Indianapolis et New York, Bobbs-Merrill (The Library of Literature), 1966, xiii + 213 p. [IA: ex. 1, ex. 2]
Réimpression:
- New York, Norton (A Norton paperback), 1981, x + 227 p.
The Dream of the Rood, éd. Michael Swanton, Manchester, 1970.
The Dream of the Rood: an electronic edition by Mary Rambaran-Olm. [www]

Traductions modernes

en anglais:
- Kemble 1843-1846 (voir sous Éditions modernes)
- Elene; Judith; Athelstan, or the Fight at Brunanburh; Byrthtnoth, or the Fight at Maldon; and the Dream of the Rood: Anglo-Saxon poems translated by James M. Garnett. Third edition, Boston, Ginn, 1911, xxii + 77 p. [IA]
  Éditions antérieures:
  - Elene; Judith; Athelstan, or the Fight at Brunanburh; and Byrthtnoth, or the Fight at Maldon: Anglo-Saxon poems translated by James M. Garnett, Boston, Ginn, 1889, xvi + 70 p. [IA: ex. 1, ex. 2]
  - Elene; Judith; Athelstan, or the Fight at Brunanburh; Byrthtnoth, or the Fight at Maldon; and the Dream of the Rood: Anglo-Saxon poems translated by James M. Garnett. Enlarged edition, Boston, Ginn, 1901, xviii + 77 p. [IA]
- Select Translations from Old English Poetry, edited by Albert S. Cook and Chauncey B. Tinker. Revised edition, Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1935, xi + 195 p. (ici p. 93-99) [HT] [IA]
  Éditions antérieures:
  - Select Translations from Old English Poetry, edited with prefatory notes and indexes by Albert S. Cook and Chauncey B. Tinker, Boston, Ginn, 1902, xi + 195 p. [GB] [IA: ex. 1, ex. 2]
  - Select Translations from Old English Poetry, edited by Albert S. Cook and Chauncey B. Tinker. Revised edition, Boston, Ginn, 1926, xi + 195 p. [GB] [IA]
- Anglo-Saxon Poetry, selected and translated by Professor R. K. Gordon. Revised edition, London, Dent; New York, Dutton (Everyman's Library, 794), 1954, xiv + 334 p. (ici p. 235-238)
  Éditions antérieures:
  - Anglo-Saxon Poetry, selected and translated by Professor R. K. Gordon, London et Toronto, Dent; New York, Dutton (Everyman's Library, 794; Poetry and Drama), 1926, xvi + 367 p. [HT] [IA]
  - Anglo-Saxon Poetry, selected and translated by Professor R. K. Gordon, London et Toronto, Dent; New York, Dutton (Everyman's Library, 794; Poetry and Drama), 1930, xvi + 367 p. [IA]
  - 1934
  - Anglo-Saxon Poetry, selected and translated by Professor R. K. Gordon, London et Toronto, Dent; New York, Dutton (Everyman's Library, 794; Poetry and Drama), 1937, xvi + 367 p. [IA]
  - 1950
  Réimpressions:
  - Anglo-Saxon Poetry, selected and translated by Professor R. K. Gordon. Revised edition, London, Dent; New York, Dutton (Everyman's Library, 794), 1957, xiv + 334 p. [IA]
  - Anglo-Saxon Poetry, selected and translated by Professor R. K. Gordon. Revised edition, London, Dent; New York, Dutton (Everyman's Library, 794), 1962, xiv + 334 p. [IA]
  - 1964
  - Anglo-Saxon Poetry, selected and translated by Professor R. K. Gordon. Revised edition, London, Dent; New York, Dutton (Everyman's Library, 794), 1967, xiv + 334 p. [IA]
  - 1970
  - Anglo-Saxon Poetry, selected and translated by Professor R. K. Gordon. Revised edition, London, Melbourne et Toronto, Dent; New York, Dutton (Everyman's Library, 794), 1977, xiv + 334 p. [IA]
- Beowulf and Other Old English Poems, edited and translated by Craig Williamson; with a foreword by Tom Shippey, Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press (The Middle Ages Series), 2011, xxxi + 256 p. (ici p. 207-214)
en italien:
- Ricci [s. d.] (voir sous Éditions modernes)

Études

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Canuteson, John, « The Crucifixion and the Second Coming in The Dream of the Rood », Modern Philology, 66:4, 1969, p. 293-297.
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Chappell, Virginia A., « Reordberendra Gesyhthe and Christian mystery: narrative frames in The Dream of the Rood », Comitatus, 18, 1987, p. 1-20.
Chase, Christopher L., « Christ III, The Dream of the Rood, and early Christian Passion piety », Viator, 11, 1980, p. 11-33.
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Diamond, Robert E., « Heroic diction in The Dream of the Rood », Studies in Honor of John Wilcox, Detroit, Wayne State University Press, 1958, p. 3. — Réimpr. dans Classical and Medieval Literary Criticism, 14, 1995, p. 236-238.
Dubs, Kathleen E., « Hæleð: heroism in The Dream of the Rood », Neophilologus, 59:4, 1975, p. 614-615. DOI: 10.1007/BF01513980
Fleming, John V., « The Dream of the Rood and Anglo-Saxon monasticism », Traditio, 22, 1966, p. 43-72.
Galloway, Andrew, « Dream-theory in The Dream of the Rood and The Wanderer », Review of English Studies, 45, 1996, p. 475-485.
Gardner, John, The Construction of Christian Poetry in Old English, Carbondale et Edwardsville, Southern Illinois University Press; London et Amsterdam, Feffer and Simons (Literary Structures), 1975, xii + 147 p.
Graybill, Robert V., « The Dream of the Rood: apotheosis of Anglo-Saxon paradox », Essays in Medieval Studies, 1, 1984, p. 1-11. [Muse]
Hieatt, Constance B., « Dream frame and verbal echo in The Dream of the Rood », Neuphilologische Mitteilungen, 72:2, 1971, p. 251-263.
Hill, Thomas D., « The cross as symbolic body: an Anglo-Latin liturgical analogue to The Dream of the Rood », Neophilologus, 77:2, 1994, p. 297-301. DOI: 10.1007/BF01000141
Holdsworth, Carolyn, « Frames: time level and variation in The Dream of the Rood », Neophilologus, 66:4, 1982, p. 622-628. DOI: 10.1007/BF01956507
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Horgan, A. D., « The Dream of the Rood and Christian tradition », Neuphilologische Mitteilungen, 89, 1978, p. 11-20.
Huppé, Bernard F., The Web of Words: Structural Analyses of the Old English Poems Vainglory, The Wonder of Creation, The Dream of the Rood, and Judith, Albany, State University of New York Press, [1970], xxi + 197 p.
Irving, Edward B., « Crucifixion witnessed in The Dream of the Rood », Modes of Interpretation in Old English Literature: Essays in Honor of Stanley B. Greenfield, éd. P. R. Brown, G. R. Crampton et F. C. Robinson, Toronto, 1986, p. 101-113.
Jennings, Margaret, « Rood and Ruthwell: the power of paradox », English Language Notes, 31:3, 1994, p. 6-12.
Johnson, David F., « Old English religious poetry: Christ and Satan and the Dream of the Rood », Companion to Old English Poetry, éd. Henk Aertsen et Rolf H. Bremmer, Jr., Amsterdam, VU University Press, 1994, p. 159-187.
Kemble, John M., « Additional observations on the runic obelisk at Ruthwell; the poem The Dream of the Holy Rood; and a runic copper dish found at Chertsey », Archaeologia, 30, 1844, p. 31-46.
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