Елена (поэма)

Елена (др.-англ. Elene) — поэма на уэссекском диалекте древнеанглийского языка, приписываемая знаменитому поэту Кюневульфу (X в.). Сюжет взят из жития святого Кириака. Поэма рассказывает о том, как святая Елена по просьбе своего сына Константина отправляется в Иерусалим и находит Животворящий Крест, на котором был распят Иисус Христос.

Издания

  • Elene is edited along with digital images of its manuscript pages, and translated, in the Old English Poetry in Facsimile Project
  • Nelson, N. (ed. and tr.). Judith, Juliana, and Elene. Three Fighting Saints. American University Studies 4. English Language and Literature 135. New York, 1991: 114-87.
  • Gradon, P.O.E. (ed.). Cynewulf's Elene. London: Methuen, 1958.
  • Kent, Charles W. (ed.) Elene: An Old English Poem. London: Ginn & Company, 1889.
  • Krapp, George Philip (ed.). Vercelli Book. ASPR. New York: Columbia University Press, 1932. 67-102. 132-152.
  • Bradley, S.A.J. (tr.). Anglo-Saxon Poetry. London: Everyman's Library, 1982. 164-197.
  • Kennedy, Charles W. (tr.). "St. Helena Finds the True Cross." In Early English Christian Poetry. New York: Oxford University Press, 1961. 179-214.

Примечания

Литература

на русском языке
  • Елена. Часть I «Видение Константина» / Перевод с древнеанглийского и вступительная статья Н. Ю. Гвоздецкой // Атлантика. Вып. VII. М., 2005. С. 210—219.
на других языках
  • Anderson, Earl R. Cynewulf: Structure, Style, and Theme in his Poetry. London: Associated University Presses[англ.], 1983. 15-27, 103-23.
  • Bjork, Robert E. “Cynewulf (fl. Early 9th –late 10th century?).” Medieval England: An Encyclopedia / eds. Paul E. Szarmach, M. Teresa Tavormina, and Joel T. Rosenthal. New York: Garland, 1998.
  • Bjork, Robert E. The Old English Verse Saints’ Lives: A Study in Direct Discourse and the Iconography of Style. — Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1985. — P. 62-89.
  • Bridges, Margaret Enid. General Contrast in Old English Hagiographical Poetry. — Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger, 1984. — P. 69-84, 212-252.
  • Cameron, Angus. “Anglo-Saxon Literature.” Dictionary of the Middle Ages / ed. Joseph R. Strayer. 13 vols. — New York: Scribner's, 1987.
  • Fulk, R.D. and Christopher M. Cain. A History of Old English Literature. — Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2003.
  • Greenfield, Stanley B. A Critical History of Old English Literature. — New York: New York University Press, 1965.
  • Hermann, John P. Allegories of War: Language and Violence in Old English Poetry. — Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1989. — P. 91-118.
  • Kennedy, Charles W. Early English Christian Poetry. — New York: Oxford University Press, 1963.
  • Klein, Stacy S. "Elene.” The Literary Encyclopedia. // The Literary Dictionary Company. 30 October 2006.
  • Olsen, Alexandra Hennessey. “Cynewulf’s Autonomous Women: A Reconsideration of Elene and Juliana.” New Readings on Women in Old English Literature. / Eds. Helen Damico and Olsen. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1990. — P. 222-232.
  • Regan, Catherine A. "Evangelicalism as the Informing Principle of Cynewulf’s Elene." // Traditio 29 (1973): 29.
  • Zacher, Samantha. “Cynewulf at the Interface of Literacy and Orality: The Evidence of the Puns in Elene.” // Oral Tradition 17/2 (2002): 346-387.