• Fore ðære mærðe mod astige: two new perspectives on the Old English Gifts of men 

    Updegraff, Derek (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
    The Old English poem The Gifts of Men has received little attention in contemporary scholarship, and when it has been referenced in recent decades, the primary trend has been to comment on its unique structure and position ...
  • A silent savior: the inapproachability of Christ in the Dream of the rood 

    Richardson, Rebecca M. (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
    The Dream of the Rood is celebrated as one of the most beautiful poems in the Old English corpus, mostly due to its blending of Christian and Germanic heroic traditions. In this dream vision, the cross as Christ's retainer ...
  • Sleep and affect in Old English poetry 

    Songstad, Nicole (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
    A long-standing topic of discussion in Anglo-Saxon Studies has been the definition and conceptualization of the mind and mental activities in Anglo-Saxon literature and culture. Most recently, the discussion has circulated ...