Learning And Understanding In The Old Norse World
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Learning And Understanding In The Old Norse World
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Author : Judy Quinn
language : en
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
Release Date : 2007
Learning And Understanding In The Old Norse World written by Judy Quinn and has been published by Brepols Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
This volume presents twenty essays by leading scholars of Old Norse which bring into focus the nature of learned traditions - both oral and written - in medieval Scandinavia and the interpretation and re-interpretation of them over time. Theoretical frameworks for understanding Old Norse literature is the initial topic of the collection, which then moves on to present recent work on Old Norse myth and society; current perspectives on oral traditions in performance and text; and reflections on medieval ideas about language, both vernacular and Latin. The collection is rounded off by a section on prolonged traditions - the transformation of local and imported traditions into new literary forms. Individual essays in the volume offer significant primary research as well as reconsiderations of key issues in scholarship, their subjects ranging widely, both conceptually and chronologically, around the twin themes of learning and understanding. Like the research of the volume's honorand, Margaret Clunies Ross, Learning and Understanding in the Old Norse World exemplifies the diversity and vigour of current research in the field of Old Norse and draws together philological, literary, historical and anthropological perspectives on the subject.
Complete Old Norse
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Author : Todd Krause
language : en
Publisher: Teach Yourself
Release Date : 2018-10-30
Complete Old Norse written by Todd Krause and has been published by Teach Yourself this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-30 with Foreign Language Study categories.
Designed for complete beginners, and tested for years with real learners, Complete Old Norse offers a bridge from the textbook to the real world, enabling you to learn the grammar, understand the vocabulary and even how to translate key ancient texts from the Icelandic sagas. Structured around authentic texts and introducing both a grammar perspective and a full introduction to essential vocabulary this course also features: -25 learning units plus pronunciation section and a full glossary -Stepped progression - clearly graduated progress through different levels of the language -Authentic materials - language taught through key authentic texts -Teaches the key skills - reading and understanding Old Norse grammar and vocabulary -Culture insights - learn about the culture and religion of the Vikings -Self tests and learning activities - see and track your own progress Rely on Teach Yourself, trusted by language learners for over 75 years.
Old Norse Mythology
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Author : John Lindow
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2020-12-07
Old Norse Mythology written by John Lindow and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-07 with Social Science categories.
An innovative and accessible overview of how ancient Scandinavians understood and made use of their mythological stories. Old Norse Mythology provides a unique survey of the mythology of Scandinavia: the gods Þórr (Thor) with his hammer, the wily and duplicitous Óðinn (Odin), the sly Loki, and other fascinating figures. They create the world, battle their enemies, and die at the end of the world, which arises anew with a new generation of gods. These stories were the mythology of the Vikings, but they were not written down until long after the conversion to Christianity, mostly in Iceland. In addition to a broad overview of Nordic myths, the book presents a case study of one myth, which tells of how Þórr (Thor) fished up the World Serpent, analyzing the myth as a sacred text of the Vikings. Old Norse Mythology also explores the debt we owe to medieval intellectuals, who were able to incorporate the old myths into new paradigms that helped the myths to survive when they were no longer part of a religious system. This superb introduction traces the use of the mythology in ideological contexts, from the Viking Age until the twenty-first century, as well as in entertainment.
A Critical Companion To Old Norse Literary Genre
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Author : Massimiliano Bampi
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Release Date : 2020
A Critical Companion To Old Norse Literary Genre written by Massimiliano Bampi and has been published by Boydell & Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Literary form categories.
A comprehensive guide to a crucial aspect of Old Norse literature.
Emotion In Old Norse Literature
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Author : Sif Ríkharðsdóttir
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Release Date : 2017
Emotion In Old Norse Literature written by Sif Ríkharðsdóttir and has been published by Boydell & Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Literary Criticism categories.
Draws on Old Norse literary heritage to explore questions of emotion as both a literary motif and as a social phenomenon.
The Poetic Genesis Of Old Icelandic Literature
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Author : Mikael Males
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2019-12-16
The Poetic Genesis Of Old Icelandic Literature written by Mikael Males and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-16 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book assesses the importance of poetry for the Old Icelandic literary flowering of c. 1150–1350. It addresses the apparent paradox that an extremely conservative form of literature, namely skaldic poetry, was at the core of the most innovative literary and intellectual experiments in the period. The book argues that this cannot simply be explained as a result of strong local traditions, as in most previous scholarship. Thus, for instance, the author demonstrates that the mix of prose and poetry found in kings’ sagas and sagas of Icelanders is roughly contemporary to the written sagas. Similarly, he argues that treatises on poetics and mythology, including Snorri’s Edda, are new to the period, not only in their textual form, but also in their systematic mode of analysis. The book contends that what is truly new in these texts is the method of the authors, derived from Latin learning, but applied to traditional forms and motifs as encapsulated in the skaldic tradition. In this way, Christian Latin learning allowed for its perceived opposite, vernacular oral literature of pagan extraction, to reach full fruition and to largely replace the very literature which had made this process possible in the first place.
Old Norse Folklore
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Author : Stephen A. Mitchell
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2023-12-15
Old Norse Folklore written by Stephen A. Mitchell and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-15 with Literary Criticism categories.
The medieval northern world consisted of a vast and culturally diverse region both geographically, from roughly Greenland to Novgorod and culturally, as one of the last areas of Europe to be converted to Christianity. Old Norse Folklore explores the complexities of thisfascinating world in case studies and theoretical essays that connect orality and performance theory to memory studies, and myths relating to pre-Christian Nordic religion to innovations within late medieval pilgrimage song culture. Old Norse Folklore provides critical new perspectives on the Old Norse world, some of which appear in this volume for the first time in English. Stephen A. Mitchell presents emerging methodologies by analyzing Old Norse materials to offer a better understandings ofunderstanding of Old Norse materials. He examines, interprets, and re-interprets the medieval data bequeathed to us by posterity—myths, legends, riddles, charms, court culture, conversion narratives, landscapes, and mindscapes—targeting largely overlooked, yet important sources of cultural insights.
Kinship In Old Norse Myth And Legend
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Author : Katherine Marie Olley
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Release Date : 2022-07-19
Kinship In Old Norse Myth And Legend written by Katherine Marie Olley and has been published by Boydell & Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-19 with Kinship categories.
This wide-ranging study offers a new understanding of Old Norse kinship in which the individual self was expanded to encompass its kin.
Reading The Runes In Old English And Old Norse Poetry
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Author : Thomas Birkett
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-03-27
Reading The Runes In Old English And Old Norse Poetry written by Thomas Birkett and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-27 with Literary Criticism categories.
Reading the Runes in Old English and Old Norse Poetry is the first book-length study to compare responses to runic heritage in the literature of Anglo-Saxon England and medieval Iceland. The Anglo-Saxon runic script had already become the preserve of antiquarians at the time the majority of Old English poetry was written down, and the Icelanders recording the mythology associated with the script were at some remove from the centres of runic practice in medieval Scandinavia. Both literary cultures thus inherited knowledge of the runic system and the traditions associated with it, but viewed this literate past from the vantage point of a developed manuscript culture. There has, as yet, been no comprehensive study of poetic responses to this scriptural heritage, which include episodes in such canonical texts as Beowulf, the Old English riddles and the poems of the Poetic Edda. By analysing the inflection of the script through shared literary traditions, this study enhances our understanding of the burgeoning of literary self-awareness in early medieval vernacular poetry and the construction of cultural memory, and furthers our understanding of the relationship between Anglo-Saxon and Norse textual cultures. The introduction sets out in detail the rationale for examining runes in poetry as a literary motif and surveys the relevant critical debates. The body of the volume is comprised of five linked case studies of runes in poetry, viewing these representations through the paradigm of scriptural reconstruction and the validation of contemporary literary, historical and religious sensibilities.
Influences Of Pre Christian Mythology And Christianity On Old Norse Poetry
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Author : Andrew McGillivray
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2018-10-08
Influences Of Pre Christian Mythology And Christianity On Old Norse Poetry written by Andrew McGillivray and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-08 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Eddic poem Vafþrúðnismál serves as a representation of early pagan beliefs or myths and as a myth itself; the poem performs both of these functions, acting as a poetic framework and functioning as sacred myth. In this study, the author looks closely at the journey of the Norse god Óðinn to the hall of the ancient and wise giant Vafþrúðnir, where Óðinn craftily engages his adversary in a life-or-death contest in knowledge.