Old Norse Made New
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Old Norse Made New
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Author : David Clark
language : en
Publisher: Viking Society for Northern Research University College
Release Date : 2007
Old Norse Made New written by David Clark and has been published by Viking Society for Northern Research University College this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with English literature categories.
Presents eight essays on translations and reinterpretations of Old Norse myth and saga from the eighteenth century.
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 New Introduction To Old Norse
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Author : Anthony Faulkes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
A New Introduction To Old Norse written by Anthony Faulkes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Old Norse language categories.
A New Introduction To Old Norse
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Author : Michael P. Barnes
language : en
Publisher: Viking Society for Northern Research University College
Release Date : 2008
A New Introduction To Old Norse written by Michael P. Barnes and has been published by Viking Society for Northern Research University College this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Old Norse language categories.
Cultural Legacies Of Old Norse Literature
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Author : Dustin Geeraert
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Release Date : 2022-08-23
Cultural Legacies Of Old Norse Literature written by Dustin Geeraert and has been published by Boydell & Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-23 with Mythology, Norse, in literature categories.
The cultural and literary legacy of medieval Iceland, with its roots in Norse heathen religion, heroic literature, and Viking Age history, is the focus of this volume. Its chapters examine the history and reception of a particular text or topic within this remarkable tradition. They treat a number of topics, including the legendary dragon-slayer Sigurd, the many personas of the mysterious god Odin, aspects of the ancient mythology of gods and giants, the early settlement of Iceland, the defiant Viking warriors known as the "Sworn Brothers", the entrepreneurial role of cloth production in medieval Scandinavia, the codicology and book history of key literary works, the many references to medieval Nordic lore in modern fiction and poetry, and the cultural position of islands such as Iceland in relation to the ebb and flow of religions, institutions and empires. Reconsidering these areas of Old Norse-Icelandic literary culture reveals the striking resilience and adaptability of its traditions, through a startling variety of transformations.
English Poetry And Old Norse Myth
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Author : Heather O'Donoghue
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2014-07-17
English Poetry And Old Norse Myth written by Heather O'Donoghue and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-17 with Literary Criticism categories.
English Poetry and Old Norse Myth: A History traces the influence of Old Norse myth — stories and poems about the familiar gods and goddesses of the pagan North, such as Odin, Thor, Baldr and Freyja — on poetry in English from Anglo-Saxon times to the present day. Especial care is taken to determine the precise form in which these poets encountered the mythic material, so that the book traces a parallel history of the gradual dissemination of Old Norse mythic texts. Very many major poets were inspired by Old Norse myth. Some, for instance the Anglo-Saxon poet of Beowulf, or much later, Sir Walter Scott, used Old Norse mythic references to lend dramatic colour and apparent authenticity to their presentation of a distant Northern past. Others, like Thomas Gray, or Matthew Arnold, adapted Old Norse mythological poems and stories in ways which both responded to and helped to form the literary tastes of their own times. Still others, such as William Blake, or David Jones, reworked and incorporated celebrated elements of Norse myth - valkyries weaving the fates of men, or the great World Tree Yggdrasill on which Odin sacrificed himself - as personal symbols in their own poetry. This book also considers less familiar literary figures, showing how a surprisingly large number of poets in English engaged in individual ways with Old Norse myth. English Poetry and Old Norse Myth: A History demonstrates how attitudes towards the pagan mythology of the north change over time, but reveals that poets have always recognized Old Norse myth as a vital part of the literary, political and historical legacy of the English-speaking world.
A New Introduction To Old Norse Reader Fifth Edition
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
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A New Introduction To Old Norse
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Author : Anthony Faulkes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
A New Introduction To Old Norse written by Anthony Faulkes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Old Norse language categories.
Scottish Skalds And Sagamen
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Author : Julian Meldon D'Arcy
language : en
Publisher: John Donald
Release Date : 1996
Scottish Skalds And Sagamen written by Julian Meldon D'Arcy and has been published by John Donald this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with History categories.
"Scottish Skalds and Sagamen explores a previously neglected but important aspect of Scotland's literary history: the influence of Viking culture on modern Scottish literature. The book illustrates, firstly, how the Viking invasions and settlements have made a lasting impact on the history, languages and cultures of Scotland and how, from the very beginning, Scotsmen made a distinct and important contribution to the dissemination of Old Norse culture in Britain and played a significant role in the creation of the notion of a Norse ethos." "Secondly, and more importantly, the book illustrates in detail how a consciousness of this Norse heritage has influenced nine major Scottish writers of this century: Hugh MacDiarmid, Lewis Grassie Gibbon, Neil Gunn, John Buchan, Naomi Mitchison, David Lindsay, Eric Linklater, Edwin Muir and George Mackay Brown, throwing new light on aspects of Scottish identity and literary trends, especially in the period of the Scottish Renaissance 1920-50. Scottish Skalds and Sagamen provides a new and stimulating contribution to the ongoing debate on the nature and sources of modern Scottish identity and Scottish literature." [4ème de couverture].
Old Norse Myths As Political Ideologies
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Author : Nicolas Meylan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-10-15
Old Norse Myths As Political Ideologies written by Nicolas Meylan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-15 with Electronic books categories.
The mythology of the Norse world has long been a source of fascination, from the first written texts of thirteenth-century Iceland up to the modern period. Most studies, however, have focused on the content of the narratives themselves, rather than the broader political contexts in which these myths have been explored. This volume offers a timely corrective to this broader trend by offering one of the first in-depth examinations of the political uses of Norse mythology within specific historical contexts. Tracing the changing interests and usages of Norse myths from the medieval period, via the nineteenth century and the importance of ancient Norse beliefs to both the Romantic and volkisch movements, up to the co-option of mythology and symbolism by political groups across the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, the papers gathered here offer new and critical insights into the changing nature of historiography and the political agendas that Old Norse myths are made to serve, as well as shedding new light on the way in which 'myths' are conceptualized.