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A History of Old Norse Poetry and Poetics (Hardcover, New)
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A History of Old Norse Poetry and Poetics (Hardcover, New)
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'A History of Old Norse Poetry and Poetics' 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 such a
conspicuous feature of medieval intellectual life in Iceland and
the Orkneys from the mid-twelfth to the fourteenth centuries. Its
aim is to give a clear description of the rich poetic tradition of
early Scandinavia, particularly in Iceland, where it reached its
zenith, and to demonstrate the social contexts that favoured poetic
composition, from the oral societies of the early Viking Age in
Norway and its colonies to the devout compositions of literate
Christian clerics in fourteenth-century Iceland. The two dominant
poetic modes, eddic and skaldic, are analysed, and their various
styles and subjects are illustrated with newly chosen examples. The
book sets out the prose contexts in which most Old Norse poetry has
been preserved and discusses problems of interpretation that arise
because of the poetry's mode of transmission. Throughout the book,
the author links indigenous theory with practice, beginning with
the pre-Christian ideology of poets as favoured by the god o inn
and concluding with the Christian notion that a plain style best
conveys the poet's message. MARGARET CLUNIES ROSS is McCaughey
Professor of English Language and Early Medieval Literature and
Director of the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of
Sydney.
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