Author | : Guðbrandur Vigfússon |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 720 |
Release | : 1883 |
Genre | : Old Norse poetry |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Guðbrandur Vigfússon |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 720 |
Release | : 1883 |
Genre | : Old Norse poetry |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Guðbrandur Vigfússon |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 724 |
Release | : 1965 |
Genre | : Old Norse poetry |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Carolyne Larrington |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 675 |
Release | : 2016-08-19 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1316720853 |
This is the first comprehensive and accessible survey in English of Old Norse eddic poetry: a remarkable body of literature rooted in the Viking Age, which is a critical source for the study of early Scandinavian myths, poetics, culture and society. Dramatically recreating the voices of the legendary past, eddic poems distil moments of high emotion as human heroes and supernatural beings alike grapple with betrayal, loyalty, mortality and love. These poems relate the most famous deeds of gods such as Óðinn and Þórr with their adversaries the giants; they bring to life the often fraught interactions between kings, queens and heroes as well as their encounters with valkyries, elves, dragons and dwarfs. Written by leading international scholars, the chapters in this volume showcase the poetic riches of the eddic corpus, and reveal its relevance to the history of poetics, gender studies, pre-Christian religions, art history and archaeology.
Author | : Sophus Bugge |
Publisher | : London, D. Nutt |
Total Pages | : 506 |
Release | : 1899 |
Genre | : Edda Sæmundar |
ISBN | : |
Author | : John McKinnel |
Publisher | : University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 2014-01-01 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1442615885 |
Essays on Eddic Poetry presents a selection of important articles on Old Norse literature by noted medievalist John McKinnell. While McKinnell's work addresses many of the perennial issues in the study of Old Norse, this collection has a special focus on the interplay between heathen and Christian world-views in the poems. Among the texts examined are Hávamál, which includes an elegantly cynical poem about Óðinn's sexual intrigues and a more mystical one about his self-sacrifice on the world-tree in order to gain magical wisdom; V?lundarkviða, which recounts an elvish smith's revenge for his captivity and maiming; and Hervararkviða, where the heroine bravely but foolishly raises her dead father to demand the deadly sword Tyrfingr from him. Originally published between 1988 and 2008, these twelve essays cover a wide range of mythological and heroic poems and have been revised and updated to reflect the latest scholarship.
Author | : Martin Chase |
Publisher | : Fordham Univ Press |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 2014-06-02 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0823257835 |
Eddic, Skaldic, and Beyond shines light on traditional divisions of Old Norse–Icelandic poetry and awakens the reader to work that blurs these boundaries. Many of the texts and topics taken up in these enlightening essays have been difficult to categorize and have consequently been overlooked or undervalued. The boundaries between genres (Eddic and Skaldic), periods (Viking Age, medieval, early modern), or cultures (Icelandic, Scandinavian, English, Continental) may not have been as sharp in the eyes and ears of contemporary authors and audiences as they are in our own. When questions of classification are allowed to fade into the background, at least temporarily, the poetry can be appreciated on its own terms. Some of the essays in this collection present new material, while others challenge long-held assumptions. They reflect the idea that poetry with “medieval” characteristics continued to be produced in Iceland well past the fifteenth century, and even beyond the Protestant Reformation in Iceland (1550). This superb volume, rich in up-to-date scholarship, makes little-known material accessible to a wide audience.
Author | : Halldór Hermannsson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 514 |
Release | : 1920 |
Genre | : Cartographers |
ISBN | : |