The Feminized Cross of the Dream of the Rood

Mary Dockray‐Miller

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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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