The Structure of Old Norse "Dróttkvætt" Poetry / / Kari Ellen Gade.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Gade, Kari Ellen,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]; ©1995
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Islandica ; 49
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (312 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; Preface --; Abbreviations --; Terminology: Old Norse --; Terminology: Technical --; Chapter 1: Function and Form of Drόttkvœtt --; Chapter 2: The Constitutive Features of Drόttkvœtt --; Chapter 3: Structural Peculiarities --; Chapter 4: Group 1: Types E1-4, XE3-4, and B --; Chapter 5: Group II: Types D1-2, A2k, and C --; Chapter 6: Type A --; Chapter 7: Sentence Patterns --; Chapter 8: Conclusion --; Notes --; Omissions --; Appendix: Summary of Types --; Selected Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781501732447; 9783110536171
• DOI: 10.7591/9781501732447
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Kari Ellen Gade.

The drottkvett was a form of Old Norse skaldic poetry composed to glorify a chieftain's deeds or to lament his death. Kari Ellen Gade explores the structural peculiarities of ninth- and tenth-century drottkvett poetry and suggests a solution to the mystery of the origins of the drottkvett and its eventual demise in the fourteenth century.