Women In The Germanic Hero Sagas
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Women In The Germanic Hero Sagas
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Author : Grace Fleming van Sweringen-Baur
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1909
Women In The Germanic Hero Sagas written by Grace Fleming van Sweringen-Baur and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1909 with categories.
Woman In North Germanic Heroic Legend
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Author : Eva Julia Schweizer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1965
Woman In North Germanic Heroic Legend written by Eva Julia Schweizer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with Edda Sæmundar categories.
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 Of The Teutonic Nations
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Author : Hermann Schoenfeld
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-07-20
Women Of The Teutonic Nations written by Hermann Schoenfeld and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-20 with History categories.
You will love this story about the massive and impressive Teutonic woman. Excerpt: It is certain that the prehistoric Germanic community began with the communal use of women for pleasure or profit. This common use could be broken and suppressed only by marriage by capture.
Heroic Sagas And Ballads
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Author : Stephen A. Mitchell
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2018-10-18
Heroic Sagas And Ballads 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 2018-10-18 with Literary Criticism categories.
In Heroic Sagas and Ballads, Stephen A. Mitchell examines the world of the medieval Icelandic legendary sagas and their legacy in Scandinavia. Central to his argument is the view that these heroic texts should be studied in the light of the later Icelandic Middle Ages rather than that of the Viking age, although the stories, the tellers, and the audiences are clearly concerned with exactly this period of Scandinavian history. Viewing these sagas as the products of highly diverse forms of inspiration and creation—some oral, some written—Mitchell explores their aesthetic and social dimensions, demonstrating their function both as entertainment and as a literature with a more serious purpose, one with deep roots in Nordic literary consciousness. The traditions that these sagas relate possessed an importance beyond the temporal and geographical confines of medieval Iceland, and Heroic Sagas and Ballads considers the process by which these heroic materials were subsequently recast as metrical romances in Iceland and as ballads throughout the rest of Scandinavia. It is ultimately concerned with much more than just those stories that inspired such modern writers as Richard Wagner and H. Rider Haggard; its anthropological and folkloric approach to the legendary sagas shows how the extraliterary dimensions of medieval texts can be explored. Heroic Sagas and Ballads addresses issues of central importance to medievalists, folklorists, comparatists, Scandinavianists, and students of the ballad.
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.
Literary Types In The Germanic Herosagas
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Author : Grace (Van Sweringen) Baur
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1912
Literary Types In The Germanic Herosagas written by Grace (Van Sweringen) Baur and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1912 with Sagas categories.
The Germanic Hero
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Author : Brian Murdoch
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 1996-07-01
The Germanic Hero written by Brian Murdoch and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-07-01 with History categories.
In this study, the author looks at the role the warrior-hero plays within a set of predetermined political and social constraints. The hero if not a sword-wielding barbarian, bent only upon establishing his own fame; such fame-seekers (including some famous medieval literary figures) might even fall outside the definition of the Germanic hero, the real value of whose deeds are given meaning only within the political construct. Individual prowess is not enough. The hero must conquer the blows of fate because he is committed to the conquest of chaos, and over all to the need for social stability. Even the warrior-hero's concern with his reputation is usually expressed negatively: that the wrong songs are not sung about him. The author discusses works in Old English, Old and Middle High German, Old Norse, Latin and Old French, deliberately going beyond what is normally thought of as "heroic poetry" to include the German so-called "minstrel epic" and a work by a writer who is normally classified as a late medieval chivalric poet, Konrad von Wurzburg, the comparison of which with "Beowulf" allows us to span half a millennium.
A Critical Companion To Beowulf
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Author : Andy Orchard
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Release Date : 2003
A Critical Companion To Beowulf written by Andy Orchard and has been published by Boydell & Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Literary Criticism categories.
This is a complete guide to the text and context of the most famous Old English poem. In this book, the specific roles of selcted individual characters, both major and minor, are assessed.
Beowulf The Tragedy Of A Hero
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Author : Keld Zeruneith
language : en
Publisher: U Press
Release Date : 2023-03-03
Beowulf The Tragedy Of A Hero written by Keld Zeruneith and has been published by U Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-03 with Literary Criticism categories.
Beowulf may be the most important work in Old English literature, but the poem takes place in Denmark and southern Sweden. And it is Denmark where the poem was first published, and where some of the earliest literary criticism of the work saw the light of day.