Umfang:
1 online resource (270 pages)
ISBN:
9781442689152
Serie:
Toronto Old Norse-Icelandic Series (TONIS)
Inhalt:
Wanner brings us a new account of the interests that motivated the production of the Edda, and resolves the mystery of its genesis by demonstrating the intersection of Snorri's political and cultural concerns and practices.
Inhalt:
Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1 The Paradox of Snorri Sturluson -- 2 Snorra saga Sturlusonar: A Short Biography of Snorri Sturluson -- 3 Snorri at Home: Converting Capital in Commonwealth Iceland -- 4 Snorri Abroad: Icelandic Exploitation of Cultural Capital -- 5 A Poet in Search of an Audience: The Diminishing Prestige-Value of Skaldic Poetry -- 6 Háttatal: Beginning and End of the Edda -- 7 Skáldskaparmál: Salvaging the Market for Skaldic Verse -- 8 Gylfaginning and Formáli: Myth, History, and Theology -- APPENDIX: Kennings and Kenning-Types in Háttatal and Explication in Skáldskaparmál -- NOTES -- WORKS CITED -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
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Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780802098016
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780802098016
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=4672676
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