Overview

This unique collection of essays applies significant critical approaches to the mythological poetry of the Poetic Edda, a principal source for Old Norse cosmography and the legends of Odin, Loki, and Thor. The volume also provides very useful introductions that sketch the critical history of the Eddas. By applying new theoretical approaches (feminist, structuralist, post-structuralist) to each of the major poems, this book yields a variety of powerful and convincing readings. Contributors to the collection are both young scholars and senior figures in the discipline, and are of varying nationalities (American, British, Australian, Scandinavian, and Icelandic), thus ensuring a range of interpretations from different corners of the scholarly community. The new translations included here make available for the first time to English speaking students the intriguing methodologies that are currently developing in Scandinavia. An essential collection of scholarship for any Old Norse course, The Poetic Edda will also be of interest to scholars of Indo-European myth, as well as those who study the theory of myth.

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Author:   Paul Acker (Saint Louis University, USA) ,  Carolyne Larrington (St. John's College, Oxford, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.362kg
ISBN:  

9780415653855

ISBN 10:   0415653851
Pages:   308
Publication Date:   28 June 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Preface Introduction and General Bibliography List of Illustrations 1. Lars Lonnroth, ""The Founding of Miogaror"" [tr. Peter Acker] 2. Svava Jakobsdottir, ""Gunnlo and the Precious Mead"" [tr. Katrina Atwood] [Havamal] 3. Carolyne Larrington, ""Vafpruonismal and Grimnismal: Cosmic History, Cosmic Geography 4. Joseph Harris, ""Cursing with the Thiste: 'Skirnismal' 31, 6-8 and OE Metrical Charm 9, 16-17"" 5. Carol Clover, ""Harbarosljoo as Generic farce"" 6. Preben Meulengracht Sorensen ""Porr'd Fishing Expedition"" [Hymiskvioa] 7. Philip N. Anderson, ""Form and Content in Lokasenna: A Re-evaluation"" 8. Jerold C. Frakes, ""Loki's Mythological Function in the Tripartite System"" [Lokasenna and Loki] 9. Margaret Clunies Ross, ""Reading Prymskioa"" 10. John McKinnell, ""The Context of Vlundarkioa"" 11. Paul Acker, ""Dwarf-lore in Alvissmal"" 12. Thomas D. Hill, ""Rigspula: Some Medieval Christian Analogues"" 13. Judy Quinn, ""Dialogue with a vlva: Vluspa, Baldrs draumar andHyndlujoo"""

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Paul Acker is Professor of English at Saint Louis University, where he teaches Old English, Old Icelandic, and History of the English Language. Carolyne Larrington is Fellow and Tutor in Medieval English Language and Literature at St John’s College, Oxford.

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