Myths, Legends, and Heroes

Essays on Old Norse and Old English Literature

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Anlezark, DanielHrsg.

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280 Seiten

Englisch

University of Toronto Presserschienen am06.08.2011

Myths, Legends, and Heroes brings together scholars of Old Norse-Icelandic and Old English literature to explore the translation and transmission of Norse myth, the use of literature in society and authorial self-reflection, the place of myth in the expression of family relationships, and recurrent motifs in Northern literature.mehr

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KlappentextMyths, Legends, and Heroes brings together scholars of Old Norse-Icelandic and Old English literature to explore the translation and transmission of Norse myth, the use of literature in society and authorial self-reflection, the place of myth in the expression of family relationships, and recurrent motifs in Northern literature.

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ISBN/GTIN978-0-8020-9947-1

ProduktartBuch

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FormatGenäht

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University of Toronto Press

Erscheinungsjahr2011

Erscheinungsdatum06.08.2011

Seiten280 Seiten

SpracheEnglisch

MasseBreite 168 mm, Höhe 236 mm, Dicke 23 mm

Gewicht576 g

Artikel-Nr.12773809

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GenrePhilosophie/Religion/Geisteswissenschaften

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Abbreviations PART ONE: Transforming Paganism The Norse gods in England and the Isle of Man by Judith Jesch (University of Nottingham)Elves and Exorcism: Runic and other lead amulets in medieval popular religion by (Rudolf Simek, University of Bonn)Images of Norse Cosmology by Margaret Clunies Ross (University of Sydney) PART TWO: Using Poetry Meeting the Other: The Cases of Kumlbúa þáttr and Draumr Þorsteins Hallsonar by John Lindow (University of California, Berkeley)Risking one´s Head: Vafþrúðnismál and the Mythic Power of Poetry by Alison Finlay (Birkbeck College, London)Snorra Edda as Menippean Satire by Rory McTurk (University of Leeds) PART THREE: Literary Histories Kings, Bishops and Laws: the Old Norse-Icelandic Version of 1 Maccabees by David Ashurst (University of Durham)Grendel´s Reign of Terror: From History to Vernacular Epic by Helen Damico (University of New Mexico) PART FOUR: Motifs and Themes Sibling Drama: Laterality in the Heroic Poems of the Edda by Carolyne Larrington (St John´s College, Oxford)Burning Walnuts: An International Motif in the Kings´ Sagas by Joyce Hill (University of Leeds)A Just and Riding God: Christ´s Movement in The Descent into Hell by Maria Elena Ruggerini (Universita´ di Cagliari)All at Sea: Beowulf´s Marvellous Swimming by Daniel Anlezark (University of Sydney) Bibliography Indexmehr