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A History of Old Norse Poetry and Poetics
Language: en
Pages: 302
Authors: Margaret Clunies Ross
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005 - Publisher: DS Brewer

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This is the first book in English to deal with the twin subjects of Old Norse poetry and the various vernacular treatises on native poetry that were a conspicuo
The Meters of Old Norse Eddic Poetry
Language: en
Pages: 1142
Authors: Seiichi Suzuki
Categories: Literary Collections
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-12-12 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

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This book is a formal and functional study of the three distinct meters of Old Norse eddic poetry, fornyrðislag, málaháttr, and ljóðaháttr. It provides a
Viking Mediologies
Language: en
Pages: 288
Authors: Kate Heslop
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-03-15 - Publisher: Fordham University Press

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Viking Mediologies is a study of pre-modern multimedia rooted in the embodied poetic practice of Viking Age skalds. Prior study of the skaldic tradition has foc
The Poetic Genesis of Old Icelandic Literature
Language: en
Pages: 364
Authors: Mikael Males
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-12-16 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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This book assesses the importance of poetry for the Old Icelandic literary flowering of c. 1150–1350. It addresses the apparent paradox that an extremely cons
The Structure of Old Norse
Language: en
Pages: 312
Authors: Kari Ellen Gade
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-09-05 - Publisher: Cornell University Press

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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 pe