Medieval Period Bibliography

10 Broadview Anthology of British Literature
The Dream of the Rood
Texts: The poem has been newly translated for this
anthology by R.M. Liuzza.
Editions:
George P. Krapp, ed., The Vercelli Book, 1932.
Michael Swanton, ed., The Dream of the Rood, rev. ed.,
1996.
Criticism:
Earl R. Anderson, “Liturgical Influence in The Dream of
the Rood,” Neophilologus 73, 1989: 293–304.
Mary Dockray-Miller, “The Feminized Cross of The
Dream of the Rood,” Philological Quarterly 76, 1997:
1–18.
Andrew Galloway, “Dream-Theory in The Dream of the
Rood and The Wanderer,” Review of English Studies
45, 1994: 475–85.
Antonina Harbus, “Dream and Symbol in The Dream
of the Rood,” Nottingham Medieval Studies 40, 1996:
1–15.
Julia Bolton Holloway, “‘The Dream of the Rood’ and
Liturgical Drama,” Drama in the Middle Ages:
Comparative and Critical Essays, eds. Clifford
Davidson and John H. Stroupe, 1991: 24–42.
A.D. Horgan, “The Dream of the Rood and Christian
Tradition,” Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 79, 1978:
11–20.
Martin Irvine, “Anglo-Saxon Literary Theory Exemplified
in Old English Poems: Interpreting the Cross
in The Dream of the Rood and Elene,” Style 20, 1986:
157–81.
Edward B. Irving, Jr., “Crucifixion Witnessed, or
Dramatic Interaction in The Dream of the Rood,”
Modes of Interpretation in Old English Literature:
Essays in Honour of Stanley B. Greenfield, ed. Phyllis
Rugg Brown, Georgia Ronan Crampton, and Fred
C. Robinson, 1986: 101–13.
Margaret Jennings, “Rood and Ruthwell: The Power of
Paradox,” English Language Notes 31, 1994: 6–12.
David F. Johnson, “Old English Religious Poetry:
Christ and Satan and The Dream of the Rood,”
Companion to Old English Poetry, ed. Henk Aertsen
and Rolf H. Bremmer, Jr., 1994: 159–87.
Alvin A. Lee, “Toward a Critique of The Dream of the
Rood,” Anglo-Saxon Poetry: Essays in Appreciation,
For John C. McGalliard, ed. Lewis E. Nicholson and
Dolores Warwick Frese, 1975: 163–91.
Sandra McEntire, “The Devotional Context of the
Cross before A. D. 1000,” Sources of Anglo-Saxon
Culture, ed. Paul E. Szarmach, 1986: 345–56.
Éamonn Ó’Carrigáin, “Crucifixion as Annunciation:
The Relation of The Dream of the Rood to the
Liturgy Reconsidered,” English Studies 63, 1982:
487–505.
Éamonn Ó Carragáin, “How Did the Vercelli Collector
Interpret The Dream of the Rood?” Studies in English
Language and Early Literature in Honour of Paul
Christophersen, ed. P. M. Tilling, 1981: 63–104.
Éamonn Ó Carragáin, Ritual and the Rood: Liturgical
Images and the Old English Poems of the Dream of the
Rood Tradition, 2005.
Carol Braun Pasternack, “Stylistic Disjunctions in The
Dream of the Rood,” Anglo-Saxon England 13, 1984:
167–86.
Everyman
Text: Like all modern editions, the text here derives
from the earliest printed text of the play (early
sixteenth century), as reproduced by W.W. Greg,
1904. Spelling and punctuation have been substantially
modernized.
Editions:
A.C. Cawley, ed., Everyman and Medieval Miracle Plays,
1990.
Vincent Foster Hopper, ed., Medieval Mystery Plays:
Abraham and Issac, Noah’s Flood, The Second
Shepherd’s Play, Morality Plays, The Castle of
Perseverance, Everyman, and the Interludes, 1962.
Gerald E. Bentley, ed., The Development of Drama: An
Anthology, 1950.
David Bevington, ed., Medieval Drama, 1975.
Criticism:
Richard Beadle, ed., The Cambridge Companion to
Medieval English Theatre, 1994.