Minni and Muninn - Memory in Medieval Nordic Culture (Hardcover)

This volume consists of articles about terms for, concepts of and functions of memory. The articles deal with medieval Norse texts, such as sagas, myths, skaldic poems, laws and historiographical writings, and they refer to theoretical insights from international memory studies that have developed recently. In recent years, various branches of memory studies have provided useful tools of analysis that offer new ways of understanding medieval cultures. The articles in this collection draw on these new theoretical tools for studying - and conceptualizing - memory, in order to reassess the function of memory in medieval Nordic culture. Despite its interdisciplinary and comparative basis, the volume remains very much an empirical study of memory and memory-dependent issues as these took form in the Nordic world. In addition, the articles deal with a variety of theoretical concepts and areas of investigation which are of relevance when dealing with memory studies in general, such as transmission and media, preservation and storage, forgetting and erasure, and authenticity and falsity. The articles cover a wide range of medieval texts, such as saga, myth, poetry, law, historiography, learned literature, and other forms of verbal expression, such as runic inscriptions.

General

Imprint:	Brepols N.V.
Country of origin:	Belgium
Release date:	March 2014
First published:	March 2014
Editors:	Pernille Hermann • Stephen A. Mitchell • Agnes S Arnorsdottir
Dimensions:	239 x 163 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	251
ISBN-13:	978-2-503-54910-1
Categories:	Books
LSN:	2-503-54910-1
Barcode:	9782503549101

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!