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The Poetic Edda: Essays on Old Norse Mythology

By Paul Acker , Carolyne Larrington (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2002
ISBN
0815316607, 9780815316602
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (3126905 bytes)
Series
Routledge Medieval Casebooks
Pages
300\0
Topic
Literature
Time added
2019-12-14 10:56:38

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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. Illustrations Preface Introduction: "Edda 2000" 1. The Founding of Miðgarðr ('Vo̜luspá 1-8') / Lars Lönnroth; tr. Paul Acker 2. Gunnlo̜ð and the Precious Mead ('Hávamál') / Svava Jakobsdóttir; tr. Katrina Attwood 3. 'Vafþrúðnismál' and 'Grímnismál': Cosmic History, Cosmic Geography / Carolyne Larrington 4. Cursing with the Thistle: 'Skírnismál' 31, 6-8 and OE Metrical Charm 9, 16-17 / Joseph Harris 5. 'Hárbarðsljóð' as Generic Farce / Carol Clover 6. Þorr's Fishing Expedition ('Hymiskviða') / Preben Meulengracht Sørensen; tr. Kirsten Williams 7. Form and Content in 'Lokasenna': A Re-evaluation / Philip N. Anderson 8. Loki's Mythological Function in the Tripartite System ('Lokasenna') / Jerold C. Frakes 9. Reading 'Þrymskviða' / Margaret Clunies Ross 10. The Context of 'Vo̜lundarkviða' / John McKinnell 11. Dwarf-lore in 'Alvíssmál' / Paul Acker 12. 'Rígsþula': Some Medieval Christian Analogues / Thomas D. Hill 13. Dialogue with a 'vo̜lva': 'Vo̜luspá', 'Baldrs draumar' and 'Hyndluljóð' / Judy Quinn General Bibliography Contributors Index

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