Speaker and Authority in Old Norse Wisdom Poetry 9783110549799, 9783110548174

Speaker and Authority in Old Norse Wisdom Poetry 9783110549799, 9783110548174

While there is a long tradition of research into eddic poetry, including the poems classed as wisdom literature, much of

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Old Norse Women’s Poetry: The Voices of Female Skalds. Translated from the Old Norse 1843842718, 9781843842712

The rich and compelling corpus of Old Norse poetry is one of the most important and influential areas of medieval Europe

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Poetry in fornaldarsögur English; Old Norse 9782503519008, 2503519008, 9782503519005

This volume contains all the anonymous poetry from medieval Icelandic mythical-heroic sagas (fornaldarsogur), such as He

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Reading the Runes in Old English and Old Norse Poetry 1472446267, 9781472446268

"Reading the Runes in Old English and Old Norse Poetry" is the first book-length study to compare responses to

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The Structure of Old Norse "Dróttkvætt" Poetry 9781501732447

The drottkvett was a form of Old Norse skaldic poetry composed to glorify a chieftain's deeds or to lament his deat

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The Saints in Old Norse and Early Modern Icelandic Poetry 9781487511722

The Saints in Old Norse and Early Modern Icelandic Poetry is a complimentary volume to The Legends of the Saints in Old

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Poetic Style and Innovation in Old English, Old Norse, and Old Saxon 9781501513688, 9781501518324

This book traces the development of hypermetric verse in Old English and compares it to the cognate traditions of Old No

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Old Norse Poetry in Performance [1 ed.] 9781032252315, 9780367408305, 9780367809324

This book presents a range of approaches to the study of Old Norse poetry in performance. The contributors examine bot

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Masculinities in Old Norse Literature 9781843845621, 9781787448193

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The Norns In Old Norse Mythology 9781906716189

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