Women In Old Norse Literature
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Women In Old Norse Literature
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Author : J. Friðriksdóttir
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2013-03-12
Women In Old Norse Literature written by J. Friðriksdóttir and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-12 with Social Science categories.
Old Norse texts offer different ideas about what it is to be female, presenting women in diverse social and economic positions. This book analyzes female characters in medieval Icelandic saga literature, and demonstrates how they engaged with some of the most contested values of the period, revealing the anxieties of both the authors and audiences.
The Cold Counsel
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Author : Sarah M. Anderson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-05-13
The Cold Counsel written by Sarah M. Anderson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-13 with Literary Criticism categories.
Cold Counsel is the only collection devoted to the place of women in Old Norse literature and culture. It draws upon the disciplines of history, sociology, feminism, ethnography and psychoanalysis in order to raise fresh questions about such new subjects as gender, class, sexuality, family structure and ideology in medieval Iceland.
Women In Old Norse Society
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Author : Jenny Jochens
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2015-01-21
Women In Old Norse Society written by Jenny Jochens 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 2015-01-21 with History categories.
Jenny Jochens captures in fascinating detail the lives of women in pagan and early Christian Iceland and Norway—their work, sexual behavior, marriage customs, reproductive practices, familial relations, leisure activities, religious practices, and legal constraints and protections. Women in Old Norse Society places particular emphasis on changing sexual mores and the impact of Christianity as imposed by the clergy and Norwegian kings. It also demonstrates the vital role women played in economic production.
Old Norse Images Of Women
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Author : Jenny Jochens
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2016-11-11
Old Norse Images Of Women written by Jenny Jochens and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-11 with History categories.
Working from the Poetic Edda, the Prose Edda, and Old Norse prose narratives and laws, Jenny Jochens argues for an underlying cultural continuum of a pagan pantheon and a set of heroic figures shared by the Germanic tribes in Europe, Britain, Scandinavia, and Iceland from A.D. 500 to 1500. Old Norse Images of Women explores the female half of this legacy, which involves images both divine and human. In a society marked by sharp gender divisions, women were frequently portrayed as one of four conventional types. The warrior woman was exemplified by the valkyrie, sheildmaiden, or maiden king. The wise woman was a prophetess or sorceress. The avenger is best seen in Gudrun, whose focus of revenge shifted from husband to brothers. Last, there were the whetters or inciters, who appear both in the Continental setting as Brynhildr and as ubiquitous figures in medieval Icelandic literature, ranging from Norwegian queens to humble milkmaids.
Women In The Viking Age
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Author : Judith Jesch
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Release Date : 1991
Women In The Viking Age written by Judith Jesch and has been published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with History categories.
Through runic inscriptions and behind the veil of myth, Jesch discovers the true story of viking women.
Old Norse Women S Poetry
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Author : Sandra Ballif Straubhaar
language : en
Publisher: DS Brewer
Release Date : 2011
Old Norse Women S Poetry written by Sandra Ballif Straubhaar and has been published by DS Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Literary Collections categories.
Text, with English translation in two formats, of all the Old Norse poetry attributed to women - skáldkonur. The rich and compelling corpus of Old Norse poetry is one of the most important and influential areas of medieval European literature. What is less well known, however, is the quantity of the material which can be attributed to women skalds. This book, intended for a broad audience, presents a bilingual edition (Old Norse and English) of this material, from the ninth to the thirteenth century and beyond, with commentary and notes. The poems here reflect the dramatic and often violent nature of the sagas: their subject matter features Viking Age shipboard adventures and shipwrecks; prophecies; curses; declarations of love and of revenge; duels, feuds and battles; encounters with ghosts; marital and family discord; and religious insults, among many other topics. Their authors fall into four main categories: pre-Christian Norwegian and Icelandic skáldkonur of the Viking Age; Icelandic skáldkonur of the Sturlung Age (thirteenth century); additional early skáldkonur from the Islendingasögur and related material, not as historically verifiable as the first group; and mythical figures cited as reciting verse in the legendary sagas (fornaldarsögur). Sandra Ballif Straubhaar is Senior Lecturer in Germanic Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.
Bad Boys And Wicked Women
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Author : Daniela Hahn
language : en
Publisher: Herbert Utz Verlag
Release Date : 2017-02-07
Bad Boys And Wicked Women written by Daniela Hahn and has been published by Herbert Utz Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-07 with Good and evil in literature categories.
This volume assembles 13 essays as the result of a workshop for international doctoral and post-doctoral researchers in Old Norse studies, which was held at the Institute for Nordic Philology at LMU in Munich in December 2015. The contributions’ focus lies on different aspects of ›bad‹ or ›evil‹ characters in saga literature, and they give testimony to the broad literary variety such figures display in Old Norse texts. The “Antagonists and Troublemakers in Old Norse Literature” are here explored in their diversity, ranging from their literary psychology to their characteristics which often challenge gender norms. The contributions discuss the narrative strategies of presenting these characters to the audience, both positively and negatively. Furthermore, they analyse how the central paradox of evil and its dependence on context is realised in various ways in Old Norse literature.
Structure And Meaning In Old Norse Literature
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Author : John Lindow
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
Structure And Meaning In Old Norse Literature written by John Lindow and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Literary Criticism categories.
Valkyrie
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Author : Jóhanna Katrín Friðriksdóttir
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2020-04-02
Valkyrie written by Jóhanna Katrín Friðriksdóttir and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-02 with History categories.
Valkyries: the female supernatural beings that choose who dies and who lives on the battlefield. They protect some, but guide spears, arrows and sword blades into the bodies of others. Viking myths about valkyries attempt to elevate the banality of war – to make the pain and suffering, the lost limbs and deformities, the piles of lifeless bodies of young men, glorious and worthwhile. Rather than their death being futile, it is their destiny and good fortune, determined by divine beings. The women in these stories take full part in the power struggles and upheavals in their communities, for better or worse. Drawing on the latest historical and archaeological evidence, Valkyrie introduces readers to the dramatic and fascinating texts recorded in medieval Iceland, a culture able to imagine women in all kinds of roles carrying power, not just in this world, but pulling the strings in the other-world, too. In the process, this fascinating book uncovers the reality behind the myths and legends to reveal the dynamic, diverse lives of Viking women.
Masculinities In Old Norse Literature
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Author : Gareth Lloyd Evans
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Release Date : 2020-07-17
Masculinities In Old Norse Literature written by Gareth Lloyd Evans and has been published by Boydell & Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-17 with History categories.
Compared to other areas of medieval literature, the question of masculinity in Old Norse-Icelandic literature has been understudied. This is a neglect which this volume aims to rectify. The essays collected here introduce and analyse a spectrum of masculinities, from the sagas of Icelanders, contemporary sagas, kings' sagas, legendary sagas, chivalric sagas, bishops' sagas, and eddic and skaldic verse, producing a broad and multifaceted understanding of what it means to be masculine in Old Norse-Icelandic texts. A critical introduction places the essays in their scholarly context, providing the reader with a concise orientation in gender studies and the study of masculinities in Old Norse-Icelandic literature. This book's investigation of how masculinities are constructed and challenged within a unique literature is all the more vital in the current climate, in which Old Norse sources are weaponised to support far-right agendas and racist ideologies are intertwined with images of vikings as hypermasculine. This volume counters these troubling narratives of masculinity through explorations of Old Norse literature that demonstrate how masculinity is formed, how it is linked to violence and vulnerability, how it governs men's relationships, and how toxic models of masculinity may be challenged.