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The Feminized Cross of the Dream of the Rood
- Author(s):
- Mary Dockray-Miller (see profile)
- Date:
- 1997
- Group(s):
- Anglo-Saxon / Old English, Early Medieval, LLC Old English, TC Women’s and Gender Studies
- Subject(s):
- Literature, Medieval, Women's studies
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- Old English, Vercelli Book, Medieval literature
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M65394
- Abstract:
- The performances of Christ in the text of The Dream of the Rood construct a masculinity for Christ that is majestic, martial, and specifically heterosexual and that relies on a fragile opposition with a femininity defined as dominated Other in the figure of the Cross. His particularly constructed masculinity, explored rather than merely assumed or revered, adds a new dimension of gendered heterosexuality to our understanding of this Old English poem.
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- xml
- Published as:
- Journal article
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 7 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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