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Emotion in Old Norse Literature
Language: en
Pages: 224
Authors: Sif Ríkharðsdóttir
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017 - Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

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Draws on Old Norse literary heritage to explore questions of emotion as both a literary motif and as a social phenomenon.
Masculinities in Old Norse Literature
Language: en
Pages: 287
Authors: Gareth Lloyd Evans
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-07-17 - Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

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Compared to other areas of medieval literature, the question of masculinity in Old Norse-Icelandic literature has been understudied. This is a neglect which thi
Wizards and Words
Language: en
Pages: 308
Authors: Lucie Korecká
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-09-06 - Publisher: utzverlag GmbH

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This work presents an outline of the Old Norse vocabulary associated with magic and its practicioners. The research is focused on the individual words’ evalua
Brothers and Sisters in Medieval European Literature
Language: en
Pages: 287
Authors: Carolyne Larrington
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015 - Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

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A wideranging and groundbreaking investigation of the sibling relationship as shown in European literature, from 500 to 1500.
A Handbook to Eddic Poetry
Language: en
Pages: 675
Authors: Carolyne Larrington
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-08-19 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This is the first comprehensive and accessible survey in English of Old Norse eddic poetry: a remarkable body of literature rooted in the Viking Age, which is a