29 reviews for:

The Dream of the Rood

3.59 AVERAGE

liekeparnassia's review

3.0
emotional inspiring mysterious medium-paced
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mrsbrewerislit's review

5.0

Poetry during this time is incredibly fascinating with a touch of paganism and strong, Christian elements. Which, was common among the Christianization of England.

These are lines saved out of only around 30,000 in the entirety of the Anglo-Saxon time period (earliest of English literature, which is known also as the beginning of English literature), and it is quite beautifully written.

The fear and awe in Jesus’ crucifixion is symbolized so well.

My favorite translation I've read so far is the one by Dr. Aaron Hostetter – love the alliteration to preserve the vibe of the original Old English text.

anthony_perez04's review

3.25
hopeful reflective relaxing

aritz's review

2.75
reflective medium-paced

laviedelachloe's review

4.0

Very interesting poem that was very nice to annotate!

ang_soko31's review

5.0

I had to read this for my British Literature class and it was one of the best things we've read so far.

Read this for english wasn't bad but i read it in the Norton 10th edition

katariinatoivanen's review

1.75
challenging fast-paced
informative fast-paced