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Author and date. Plot summary. Analysis. Editions and translations. References. External links. Elene is a poem in Old English, that is sometimes known as Saint Helena Finds the True Cross. It was translated from a Latin text and is the longest of Cynewulf 's four signed poems.
26 de feb. de 2024 · Cynewulf (flourished 9th century ad, Northumbria or Mercia [now in England]) was an author of four Old English poems preserved in late 10th-century manuscripts. Elene and The Fates of the Apostles are in the Vercelli Book , and The Ascension (which forms the second part of a trilogy, Christ, and is also called Christ II ) and Juliana ...
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Cynewulf es uno de los doce poetas anglosajones cuyo nombre se conoce hoy en día, y uno de los cuatro cuyas obras se conservan. Es famoso por sus composiciones religiosas, y se le considera una de las figuras preeminentes de la poesía cristiana en inglés antiguo.
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3 de ago. de 2017 · Elene, the longest poem believed to be written by Cynewulf and appearing in the Vercelli Book (compiled 950–1000), is the triumphant story of the conversion of the Roman Emperor Constantine and the Invention of the True Cross through the intervention of his mother, St. Helena, the eponymous heroine of the poem.
In Juliana and Elene, the interwoven name is spelled in the more recognizable form as Cynewulf, while in Fates and Christ II it is observed without the medial e so the runic acrostic says Cynwulf. Cynewulf anticipates cryptography , using the letters of his own name to make a poem about the Final Judgment.
If Cynewulf made use of the Latin Life of Cyriacus in the Acta Sanctorum, he expanded his source considerably and showed great skill and originality in his treatment of the subject, as may be seen by comparing the translation with the Latin text in Zupitza's third edition of the Elene (1888), or in Professor Kent's forthcoming American edition, after Zupitza.
The narrative and epilogue of Elene together reveal Cynewulf's inter est in the interpretation of the past. In this poem he investigates the uses of history on both cultural and individual levels. The discovery of the Cross becomes a powerful metaphor for the reconciliation of historical tradi tions and the requirements of personal salvation.
