Eddic, Skaldic, and Beyond : : Poetic Variety in Medieval Iceland and Norway / / Martin Chase.
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 und...
Saved in:
Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 |
---|---|
VerfasserIn: | |
MitwirkendeR: | |
Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2014] ©2014 |
Year of Publication: | 2014 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Fordham Series in Medieval Studies
|
Online Access: | |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (296 p.) |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- The Sources of Merlínússpá: Gunnlaugr Leifsson’s Use of Texts Additional to the De gestis Britonum of Geoff rey of Monmouth
- The Genesis of Strengleikar: Scribes, Translators, and Place of Origin
- Einarr Skúlason, Snorri Sturluson, and the Post-Pagan Mythological Kenning
- Skáldskaparmál as a Tool for Composition of Pseudonymous Skaldic Poetry
- Háttatal Stanza 12 and the Divine Legitimation of Kings
- Creating Tradition: The Use of Skaldic Verse in Old Norse Historiography
- Rattus rattus as a Beast of Battle? Stanza 12 of Ragnars Saga
- Wit and Wisdom: The Worldview of the Old Norse- Icelandic Riddles and Their Relationship to Eddic Poetry
- Devotional Poetry at the End of the Middle Ages in Iceland
- Love and Death in the Icelandic Ballad
- Steinunn Finnsdóttir and Snækóngs Rímur
- Notes
- Bibliography
- List of Contributors
- Index