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- Anderson, Earl R.,
'Liturgical Influence in The Dream of the Rood', Neophilologus 73 (1989), 293-304.
- Bammesberger, Alfred, 'A Doubtful Reconstruction of the Old English Ruthwell Crucifixion Poem', Studia Neophilologica 74 (2002), 143-45.
- Barb, A. A.,'The Wound in Christ's Side', Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 34 (1971), 320-1.
- Bolton, W. F., 'Connectives in The Seafarer and The Dream of the Rood', Modern Philology 57 (1960), 260-262.
- ---, 'The Dream of the Rood 9b: engel = nuntius?', Notes and Queries 213 (1968), 165-6.
- Burlin, R. B., 'The Ruthwell Cross, The Dream of the Rood and the Vita Contempletiva', Studies in Philology 65 (1968), 23-43.
- Burrow, J. A., 'An Approach to the Dream of the Rood', Neophilologus 43 (1959), 123-33.
- Canuteson, John, 'The Crucifixion and the Second Coming in The Dream of the Rood', Modern Philology 66 (1969), 293-297.
- Chase, C. L., Christ III, The Dream of the Rood and Early Christian Passion Piety', Viator 11 (1980), 11-13.
- Conti, Aidan, 'An Anonymous Homily for Palm Sunday, The Dream of the Rood, and the Progress of Ælfric's Reform', Notes and Queries n.s. 48 (2001), 377-80.
- Dockray-Miller, Mary, 'The Feminized Cross of The Dream of the Rood', Philological Quarterly 76 (1997), 1-18.
- Dubs, K. E., 'Haeleth: Heroism in The Dream of the Rood', Neophilologus 59 (1975), 614-5.
- Farina, D. P., 'Wædum geweorðod in The Dream of the Rood', Notes and Queries 212 (1967), 4-6
- Galloway, Andrew, 'Dream-Theory in The Dream of the Rood and The Wanderer', Review of English Studies 45 (1994), 475-85.
- Helder, William, 'The Engel Dryhtnes in The Dream of the Rood', Modern Philology 73 (1975), 148-150.
- Hieatt, C. B., 'A New Theory of Triple Rhythm in the Hypermetric Lines of Old English Verse', Modern Philology 67 (1969), 1-8.
- Hill, T. D., 'The Theme of the Cosmological Cross in two Old English Cattle Charms', Notes and Queries n. s. 25 (1978), 488-90.
- Holderness, Graham, 'The Sign of the Cross: Culture and Belief in The Dream of the Rood', Literature and Theology 11 (1997), 347-75.
- Holdsworth, Carolyn, 'Frames: Time Level and Variation in The Dream of the Rood', Neophilologus 66.4 (1982), 622-628.
- Horgan, Dorothy M., 'The Dream of the Rood and a Homily for Palm Sunday', Notes and Queries 227 (1982), 388-391.
- Hough, Carole, 'The Dream of the Rood Line 31', American Notes and Queries 12.2 (1999), 3-4.
- Irvine, Susan, 'Adam or Christ? A Pronominal Pun in The Dream of the Rood', The Review of English Studies 48 (1997), 433-447.
- Lee, N. A., 'The Unity of The Dream of the Rood', Neophilologus 56 (1972), 469-86.
- Magennis, Hugh, 'Beowulf, 1008a: Swefeth Æfter Symle', Notes and Queries 227 (1982), 391-392.
- Mahler, Annemarie E., 'Lignum Domini and the Opening Vision of The Dream of the Rood: A Viable Hypothesis?', Speculum 53 (1978), 441-459.
- Nicholson, L. E., 'Oral Techniques in the Composition of Expanded Anglo-Saxon Verses', PMLA 78 (1963), 287-92.
- O Carragain, E., 'Vidi Aquam: The Liturgical Background to The Dream of the Rood 20a Swætan on þa Swidran Healfe', Notes and Queries n. s. 30 (1983), 8-15.
- Patch, Howard R., 'Liturgical Influence in The Dream of the Rood', PMLA 34 (1919), 233-257.
- Payne, Richard C., 'Convention and Originality in the Vision Framework of The Dream of the Rood', Modern Philology 73 (1976), 329-341.
- Raw, Barbara C., 'The Dream of the Rood and its connections with Early Christian Art', Medium Aevum 39 (1970), 239-256.
- Scragg, D. G., 'Hwæt / þæt' in The Dream of the Rood line 2', Notes and Queries 213 (1968), 166-8.
- Skemp, A. R., 'The Transformation of Scriptural Story, Motive and Conception in Anglo-Saxon Poetry', Modern Philology 4 (1906-7), 423-70.
- Stratyner, Leslie, 'The 'Battle with the Monster': Transformation of a Traditional Pattern in The Dream of the Rood', Oral Tradition 12 (1997), 308-21.
- Talentino, Arnold, 'Riddle 30: the vehicle of the Cross', Neophilologus 65 (1981), 129-36.
- Timmer, B. J., 'Wyrd in Anglo-Saxon Prose and Poetry', Neophilologus 26 (1941), 213-28.
- Tripp, R. P., Jr., 'The Dream of the Rood: 9b and its context', Modern Philology 69 (1971), 136-7.
- Whitman, F. H., 'The Dream of the Rood, 101a', Explicator 33 (1975), 70.
- Wilcox, Jonathan, 'New Solutions to Old English Riddles: Riddles 17 and 53', Philological Quarterly 69.4 (1990), 393-408.
- Woolf, R., 'Doctrinal Influences on The Dream of the Rood', Medium Aevum 27 (1958), 137-53.
Further Reading
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- Alexander, M., The earliest English poems. Harmondsworth, 1977.
- Amos, A. C., Linguistic Means of determining the Dates of Old English Literary Texts. Cambridge (Mass.), 1980.
- Anderson, Earl R., 'Liturgical Influence in The Dream of the Rood', Neophilologus 73 (1989), 293-304.
- Baird, Joseph L., 'Natura Plangens, the Ruthwell Cross and The Dream of the Rood', Studies in Iconography 10 (1984-6), 37-51.
- Bammesberger, Alfred, 'Earmra ærgewin (The Dream of the Rood 19a)', Neuphilogische Mitteilungen 100 (1999), 3-5.
- ---, 'A Doubtful Reconstruction of the Old English Ruthwell Crucifixion Poem', Studia Neophilologica 74 (2002), 143-45.
- ---, 'The Half-Line unforht wesan in The Dream of the Rood', Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 105 (2004), 327-30.
- Barb, A. A., 'The Wound in Christ's Side', Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 34 (1971), 320-1.
- Berkhout, C. T., 'The Problem of Old English holmwudu', Medieval Studies 36 (1985), 442-46.
- Boenig, Robert, 'The Engel Dryhtnes and Mimesis in The Dream of the Rood', Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 86 (1985), 442-446.
- Bolton, W. F., 'Connectives in The Seafarer and The Dream of the Rood', Modern Philology 57 (1960), 260-262.
- ---, 'Tatwine's De Cruce Christi and The Dream of the Rood', Archiv 200 (1964), 344-6.
- ---, 'The Dream of the Rood 9b: engel = nuntius?', Notes and Queries 213 (1968), 165-6.
- ---, 'The Book of Job in The Dream of the Rood', Mediaevalia 6 (1980), 87-103.
- Braswell, B. K., 'The Dream of the Rood and Aldhelm on sacred prosopopoeia', Medieval Studies 40 (1978), 461-7.
- Breeze, Andrew, 'Deorc 'bloody' in the Dream of the Rood, Old Irish derg 'red, bloody', Éigse 28 (1994), 165-68.
- Britten, G. C., 'Bealuwara weorc' in the Dream of the Rood', Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 68 (1967), 273-6.
- Brzezinski, Monica, 'The Harrowing of Hell, the Last Judgment, and The Dream of the Rood', Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 89 (1988), 252-265.
- Burlin, R. B., 'The Ruthwell Cross, The Dream of the Rood and the Vita Contempletiva', Studies in Philology 65 (1968), 23-43.
- Burrow, J. A., 'An Approach to the Dream of the Rood', Neophilologus 43 (1959), 123-33. Reprinted in Old English Literature, ed. M. Stevens and J. Mandel. Lincoln (Neb.), 1968. 253-67.
- Canuteson, J., 'The Crucifixion and the Second Coming in The Dream of the Rood', Modern Philology 66 (1969), 293-7.
- Cassidy, B., ed., The Ruthwell Cross: Papers from the Colloquium Sponsored by the Index of Christian Art, Princeton University, 8 December 1989. Princeton, 1992.
- Chappell, V. A., 'Reordberendra Gesyhthe and Christian Mystery: Narrative Frames in The Dream of the Rood', Comitatus 18 (1987), 1-20.
- Chase, C. L., 'Christ III, The Dream of the Rood and Early Christian Passion Piety', Viator 11 (1980), 11-13.
- Cherniss, M. D., 'The cross as Christ's weapon: the influence of heroic literature on The Dream of the Rood', Anglo-Saxon England 2 (1973), 241-252.
- Cleland, J. H., 'The Art of The Dream of the Rood', Faith and Reason 5.2 (1979), 3-25.
- Clemoes, Peter, 'King and Creation at the Crucifixion: the Contribution of Native Tradition to The Dream of the Rood 50-6a' in Heroes and Heroines in Medieval English Literature: a Festschrift Presented to André Crépin on the Occasion of His Sixty-fifth Birthday ed. Leo Carruthers. Woodbridge, 1994. 31-43.
- Conti, Aidan, 'An Anonymous Homily for Palm Sunday, The Dream of the Rood, and the Progress of Ælfric's Reform', Notes and Queries n.s. 48 (2001), 377-80.
- Crabtree, R., 'Ladders and Lines of Connection in Anglo-Saxon Religious Art and Literature', in Medieval Literature and Antiquities: Studies in Honour of Basil Cottle, ed. Myra Stokes and T.L. Burton. Cambridge, 1987. 43-53.
- Curtius, E. R. European literature and the Latin Middle Ages, translated from the German by Willard R. Trask. Princeton (N. J.), 1990.
- D'Ardenne, S. T. R. O.,'The Old English Inscription on the Brussels Cross', English Studies 21 (1939), 145-64, 271-2.
- del Mastro, M. L.,'The Dream of the Rood and the Militia Christi: Perspectives in Paradox', American Benedictine Review 27 (1976), 171-86.
- Diamond, R. E., 'Heroic Diction in The Dream of the Rood', in Studies in Honor of John Wilcox, eds. A. D. Wallace & W. O. Ross. Detroit (Mich.), 1958, 3-7.
- Dockray-Miller, Mary, 'The Feminized Cross of The Dream of the Rood', Philological Quarterly 76 (1997), 1-18.
- Dubs, K. E., 'Haeleth: Heroism in The Dream of the Rood', Neophilologus 59 (1975), 614-5.
- Elliot, R. W. V. Runes: an Introduction. 2nd ed. Manchester, 1963.
- Edwards, R. R., 'Narrative technique and distance in The Dream of the Rood', Papers on Language and Literature 6 (1970), 291-301.
- Farina, D. P., 'Wædum geweorðod in The Dream of the Rood', Notes and Queries 212 (1967), 4-6
- Farrell, R. T., 'The archer and associated figures on the Ruthwell Cross - a reconsideration', in Bede and Anglo-Saxon England ed. R.T. Farrell. Oxford, 1978. 96-117.
- ---, 'Reflections on the Iconography of the Ruthwell and Bewcastle Crosses', in Sources of Anglo-Saxon Culture, ed. Paul E. Szarmach. Kalamazoo (Mich.), 1986. 357-76.
- Finlay, Alison, 'The Warrior Christ and the Unarmed Hero', in Medieval English religious and Ethical literature: Essays in Honour of G.H. Russell, eds. Gregory Kratzmann and James Simpson. Cambridge, 1986. 19-29.
- Finnegan, Robert Emmet, 'The lifes weg rihtne and The Dream of the Rood', Revue de l'Universite d'Ottawa 51 (1981), 236-46.
- ---, 'The Gospel of Nicodemus and The Dream of the Rood, 148b-156', Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 84.3 (1983), 338-343.
- Fleming, John V., 'The Dream of the Rood and Anglo-Saxon Monasticism', Traditio 22 (1966), 43-72.
- Flood, John, "Aræred in The Dream of the Rood', English Language Notes 36.4 (1999), 1-4.
- Florey, Kenneth, 'Community and Self in The Dream of the Rood', Connecticut Review 1.1 (1987), 23-29.
- Galloway, Andrew, 'Dream-Theory in The Dream of the Rood and The Wanderer', Review of English Studies 45 (1994), 475-85.
- Gatch, Milton McC.,'The Harrowing of Hell: a Liberation motif in Medieval Theology and devotional Literature', Union Seminary Quarterly Review 36 (1981), 74-88.
- Glanz, Elaine, 'Standan steame bedrifenne in The Dream of the Rood' Mediaevalia 21 (1997), 189-208.
- Gradon,P. O. E., Form and Style in Early English Literature. London, 1971.
- Grant, Raymond J. S., 'The Dream of the Rood, Line 63b: A Part-Time Idiom?' Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 92.3 (1991), 289-95.
- Grasso, Anthony R., 'Theology and Structure in The Dream of the Rood', Religion and Literature 23.2 (1991), 23-38.
- Graybill, Robert V., 'The Dream of the Rood: Apotheosis of Anglo-Saxon Paradox', Proceedings of the Illinois Medieval Association 1 (1984), 19-37.
- Hall, J. R.,'Angels . . . and All the Holy Ones': The Dream of the Rood 153b-54a', American Notes & Queries 24 (1986), 65-68.
- Haney, Kristine Edmondson, 'Christ and the Beasts Panel on the Ruthwell Cross', Anglo-Saxon England 14 (1985), 215-31.
- Harbus, Antonina, 'Dream and Symbol in The Dream of the Rood', Nottingham Medieval Studies 40 (1996), 1-15.
- Hawkins, Emma B., 'Gender, Language, and Power in The Dream of the Rood', Women and Language 18.2 (1995), 33-36.
- Helder, Willem, 'The Engel Dryhtnes in The Dream of the Rood, Modern Philology 73 (1975), 148-50.
- Hermann, John P., 'The Dream of the Rood 19a: Earmra Ærgewin', English Language Notes 15 (1978), 241-244.
- Hieatt, C. B., 'A New Theory of Triple Rhythm in the Hypermetric Lines of Old English Verse', Modern Philology 67 (1969), 1-8.
- ---, 'Dream Frame and Verbal Echo in The Dream of the Rood', Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 72 (1971), 251-63.
- Hill, Joyce, 'The Soldier of Christ in Old English Prose and Poetry', Leeds Studies in English n.s. 12 (1981), 57-80.
- Hill, T. D., 'The Theme of the Cosmological Cross in two Old English Cattle Charms', Notes and Queries 25 (1978), 488-90.
- Hill, T. D. & R. T. Farrell, eds., The Anglo-Saxon Cross. Hamden (Conn.), 1977.
- Holderness, Graham, 'The Sign of the Cross: Culture and Belief in The Dream of the Rood', Literature and Theology 11 (1997), 347-75.
- Holdsworth, Carolyn, 'Frames: Time Level and Variation in The Dream of the Rood', Neophilologus 66.4 (1982), 622-628.
- Holloway, Julia Bolton, 'The Dream of the Rood and Liturgical Drama', Comparative Drama 18.1 (1984), 19-37. Reprinted in Drama in the Middle Ages: Comparative and Critical Essays: Second Series ed. Clifford Davidson & John H. Stroupe. New York, 1990. 24-42.
- Horgan, A. D., 'The Dream of the Rood' and Christian tradition', Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 79 (1978), 11-20.
- Horgan, Dorothy M., 'The Dream of the Rood and a Homily for Palm Sunday', Notes and Queries 227 (1982), 388-391.
- Hough, Carole, 'The Dream of the Rood Line 31', American Notes and Queries 12.2 (1999), 3-4.
- Howlett, D. A., 'Reconstruction of the Ruthwell Crucifixion Poem', Studia Neophilologica 48 (1976), 54-8.
- ---, 'The Structure of The Dream of the Rood', Studia Neophilologica 48 (1976), 301-6.
- ---, 'Two notes on The Dream of the Rood', Studia Neophilologica 50 (1978), p.167-73.
- ---, 'Inscriptions and Design of the Ruthwell Cross', in The Ruthwell Cross, ed. Brendan Cassidy. Princeton (N. J.), 1992. 71-93.
- Irving, Edward B., Jr., 'Crucifixion Witnessed; Or, Dramatic Interaction in The Dream of the Rood', in Modes of Interpretation in Old English Literature: Essays in Honour of Stanley B. Greenfield eds. P. R. Brown, G. R. Crampton, F. C. Robinson & K. R. Stafford. Toronto, 1986. 101-113.
- Irvine, Martin, 'Anglo-Saxon Literary Theory Exemplified in Old English Poems: Interpreting the Cross in The Dream of the Rood and Elene', Style 20. 2 (1986), 157-181.
- Irvine, Susan, 'Adam or Christ? A Pronominal Pun in The Dream of the Rood', Review of English Studies 48 (1997), 433-47.
- Isaacs, N. D., 'Progressive Identifications: the Structural Principles of The Dream of the Rood', Structural Principles in Old English Poetry. Knoxville (Ten.), 1968. 3-18.
- Jennings, Margaret, 'Rood and Ruthwell: the Power of Paradox', English Language Notes 31.3 (1994), 6-12.
- Johnson, David F., 'Old English Religious Poetry: Christ and Satan and The Dream of the Rood', in Companion to Old English Poetry ed. Henk Aertsen & Rolf H. Bremmer, Jr. Amsterdam, 1994. 159-87.
- Jones, John Mark, 'The Metaphor That Will Not Perish: The Dream of the Rood and the New Hermeneutic', Christianity and Literature 38.2 (1989), 63-72.
- Kaske, R. E., 'A Poem of the Cross in the Exeter Book: Riddle 60 and The Husband's Message', Traditio 23 (1967), 41-71.
- Kilpio, Matti, 'Hrabanus' De Laudibus Sanctae Crucis and The Dream of the Rood', in Neophilologica Fennica ed. Leena Kahlas-Tarkka. Helsinki, 1987. 177-191.
- King, Anne, 'The Ruthwell Cross - A Linguistic Monument: Runes as Evidence for Old English', Folia Linguistica Historica 7 (1987), 43-79.
- Kintgen, E. R., 'Echoic Repetition in Old English Poetry, Especially The Dream of the Rood', Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 75 (1974), 202-23.
- Kirkby, I. J., 'The Dream of the Rood: a dilemma of supra-heroic dimensions', Études des Lettres 4th series 2.1 (1979), 3-7.
- Klinck, Anne L., 'Christ as Soldier and Servant in The Dream of the Rood', Florilegium 4 (1982), 109-116.
- Lee, A. A., 'Towards a critique of The Dream of the Rood' in Anglo-Saxon Poetry: Essays in Appreciation, eds. L. E. Nicholson & D. Warwick Frese. Notre Dame (Ind.), 1975. 163-91.
- Lee, N. A., 'The Unity of The Dream of the Rood', Neophilologus 56 (1972), 469-86.
- Lehmann, W. P. & V. F. Dailey, The Alliterations of the Christ, Guthlac, Elene, Juliana, Fates of the Apostles, Dream of the Rood. Austin (Tex.), 1960.
- Leiter, L. H., 'The Dream of the Rood: Patterns of Transformation', in Old English Poetry, ed. R. P. Creed. Providence (R. I.), 1967. 93-127.
- Le Saux, Francoise, 'Didacticism in The Dream of the Rood', études des Lettres 2-3 (1987), 167-177.
- McEntire, Sandra, 'The Devotional Context of the Cross before A. D. 1000', in Sources of Anglo-Saxon Culture ed. Paul E. Szarmach. Kalamazoo (Mich.), 1986. 345-56. Reprinted in Old English Literature: critical essays ed. R. Liuzza. New Haven, 2002. 392-403.
- McPherson, Clair W., 'Spiritual Combat: the Dream of the Rood and the new hermeneutic', Anglican Theological Revue 71 (1989), 166-75.
- Macrae-Gibson, O. D., 'Christ the victor-vanquished in The Dream of the Rood', Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 70 (1969), 667-72.
- Magennis, Hugh, 'Beowulf, 1008a: Swefeth Æfter Symle', Notes and Queries 227 (1982), 391-392.
- Mahler, Annemarie E., 'Lignum Domini and the Opening Vision of The Dream of the Rood: A Viable Hypothesis?', Speculum 53 (1978), 441-459.
- Meling, K., 'The Cross as a Principle in the Formation of Certain Old English Runes', Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 80 (1979), 36-8.
- Mitchell, Bruce, Old English Syntax. 2 vols. Oxford, 1985.
- Mitchell, Bruce, 'The Dream of the Rood Repunctuated', in Words and Works: Studies in Medieval English Language and Literature in Honour of Fred C. Robinson eds. Nicholas Howe and Peter S. Baker. Toronto, 1998. 143-57.
- Morris, Richard, Legends of the Holy Rood, EETS o. s. 46. London, 1871.
- Napierkowski, T. J., 'A Dream of the Cross', Concerning Poetry 11.1 (1978), 3-12.
- Nicholson, L. E., 'Oral Techniques in the Composition of Expanded Anglo-Saxon Verses', PMLA 78 (1963), 287-92.
- O Carragain, E., 'How Did the Vercelli Collector Interpret The Dream of the Rood?', Occasional Papers in Linguistics and Language Learning 8 (1981), 63-104.
- ---, 'Crucifixion as Annunciation: The Relation of The Dream of the Rood to the Liturgy Reconsidered", English Studies 63 (1982), 487-505.
- ---, 'Vidi Aquam: The Liturgical Background to The Dream of the Rood 20a Swætan on þa Swidran Healfe', Notes and Queries n. s. 30 (1983), 8-15.
- ---, 'The Annunciation of the Lord and His Passion: a Liturgical Topos from St Peter's on the Vatican in The Dream of the Rood, Thomas Cranmer and John Donne', in Essays on Anglo-Saxon and Related Themes in Memory of Lynne Grundy ed. Jane Roberts and Janet Nelson. King's College London Medieval Studies 17. London, 2000. 339-81.
- ---, Ritual and the Rood: Liturgical Images and the Old English Poems of the Dream of the Rood Tradition. London, 2005.
- O'Reilly, Jennifer, 'The Rough-Hewn Cross in Anglo-Saxon Art', in Ireland and Insular Art A.D. 500-1200: Proceedings of a conference at University College Cork 1985 ed. Michael Ryan. Dublin, 1987. 153-158.
- Orton, Peter, 'The Technique of Object-Personification in The Dream of the Rood and a comparison with the Old English Riddles', Leeds Studies in English 11 (1980), 1-10.
- Page, R. I., 'A note on the transliteration of Old English runic inscriptions', English Studies 43 (1962), 484-90.
- ---, An Introduction to English Runes. London, 1973
- Pasternack, Carol Braun, 'Stylistic Disjunctions in The Dream of the Rood', Anglo-Saxon England 13 (1984), 167-186.
- Patch, H. R., 'Liturgical Influence in The Dream of the Rood', PMLA 34 (1919), 233-57.
- Pattern, Faith, 'Structure and Meaning in The Dream of the Rood', English Studies 49 (1968), 385-401.
- Payne, R. C., 'Convention and Originality in the Vision framework of The Dream of the Rood', Modern Philology 73 (1976), 329-41.
- Pickford, T. E., 'Another look at the engel dryhtnes in The Dream of the Rood, Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 77 (1976), 565-8.
- ---, 'Holmwudu in The Dream of the Rood', Neuphilologische Miteilungen 77 (1976), 561-4.
- Raw, Barbara C., 'The Dream of the Rood and its connections with Early Christian Art', Medium Aevum 39 (1970), 239-256.
- ---, Anglo-Saxon Crucifixion Iconography and the Art of the Monastic Revival. Cambridge, 1990.
- Renoir, Alan, 'Oral theme and written texts', Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 77 (1976), 337-46.
- Rissanen, P., The Message and the Structure of 'The Dream of the Rood'. Helsinki, 1987.
- Savage, Anne, 'Mystical and Evangelical in The Dream of the Rood: The Private and the Public', in Lagorio, Valerie M. (ed.) Mysticism: Medieval & Modern ed. Valerie M. Lagorio. Salzburg, 1986. 4-11.
- ---, 'The Place of Old English Poetry in the English Meditative Tradition', in The Medieval Mystical Tradition in England ed. Marion Glasscoe. Cambridge, 1987. 91-110.
- Schaar, C., Critical Studies in the Cynewulf Group. Lund, 1949.
- Schlauch, Margaret, 'The Dream of the Rood as Prosopopeaia', in Essays and Studies in Honour of Carlton Brown. New York, 1940. 23-34. Reprinted in Essential Articles for the Study of Old English Poetry ed. J. B. Bessinger & S. J. Kahrl. Hamden (Conn.), 1968. 428-41.
- Scragg, D. G., 'Hwæt / þæt' in The Dream of the Rood line 2', Notes and Queries 213 (1968), 166-8.
- ---, 'The Compilation of the Vercelli Book', Anglo-Saxon England 2 (1973), 189-207.
- Shepherd, G., 'Scriptural Poetry' in Continuations and Beginnings ed. E. G. Stanley. London, 1966. 1-36
- Sisam, K., Studies in the History of Old English Literature. Oxford, 1953.
- Skemp, A. R., 'The Transformation of Scriptural Story, Motive and Conception in Anglo-Saxon Poetry', Modern Philology 4 (1906-7), 423-70.
- Smith, James, 'The garments that honour the cross in The Dream of the Rood', Anglo-Saxon England 4 (1975), 29-35.
- Spearing, A. C., Medieval Dream Poetry. Cambridge, 1976.
- Stevens, W. O., The Cross in the Life and Literature of the Anglo-Saxons. New York, 1904.
- Stevenson, Robert B. K., 'Aspects of Ambiguity in Crosses and Interlace', Ulster Journal of Archaeology 44-5 (1981-2), 27.
- Stevick, Robert D., 'The Meter of The Dream of the Rood', Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 68 (1967), 149-168.
- Stratyner, Leslie, 'The 'Battle with the Monster': Transformation of a Traditional Pattern in The Dream of the Rood', Oral Tradition 12 (1997), 308-21.
- Swanton, Michael J.,'Ambiguity and Anticipation in The Dream of the Rood', Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 70 (1969), 407-425.
- ---, ed.,The Dream of the Rood. Revised reprint. Exeter, 1996.
- Szarmach, Paul E., 'Ælfric, the Prose Vision and The Dream of the Rood', in Studies in Honour of Rene Derolez ed. A. M. Simon-Vandenbergen. Gentsels, 1987. 592-602.
- Szoverffy, J., 'Crux Fidelis: Prolegomena to a History of the Holy Cross Hymns', Traditio 22 (1966), 1-41.
- Talentino, Arnold, 'Riddle 30: the vehicle of the Cross', Neophilologus 65 (1981), 129-36.
- Tate, G. S., 'Chiasmus as Metaphor: the Figura Crucis tradition and The Dream of the Rood', Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 79 (1978), 114-25.
- Taylor, P. B., 'Text and Structure in The Dream of the Rood', Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 75 (1974), 193-201.
- Timmer, B. J., 'Wyrd in Anglo-Saxon Prose and Poetry', Neophilologus 26 (1941), 213-28.
- Tripp, R. P., Jr., 'The Dream of the Rood: 9b and its context', Modern Philology 69 (1971), 136-7.
- Tristram, H. L. C., 'Stock Descriptions of Heaven and Hell in Old English Prose and Poetry', Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 79 (1978), 102-13.
- Warner, Marina, Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and Cult of the Virgin Mary. London, 1976.
- Wheelock, Jeremy I., 'The Word Made Flesh: engel dryhtnes in The Dream of the Rood', English Language Notes 37.3 (2000), 1-11.
- Whitman, F. H., 'The Dream of the Rood, 101a', Explicator 33 (1975), 70.
- Wilcox, Jonathan, 'New Solutions to Old English Riddles: Riddles 17 and 53', Philological Quarterly 69.4 (1990), 393-408.
- Wolf, Carol Jean, 'Christ as Hero in The Dream of the Rood', Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 71 (1970), 202-210.
- Woolf, R., 'Doctrinal Influences on The Dream of the Rood', Medium Aevum 27 (1958), 137-53. Reprinted in Art and Doctrine: Essays on Medieval Literature ed. H. O'Donoghue. London, 1986, 29-48.