Research Catalog

Title

Eddic, Skaldic, and beyond : poetic variety in Medieval Iceland and Norway / edited by Martin Chase.

Publication

New York : Fordham University Press, 2014.

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Additional Authors

Chase, Martin

Description

x, 282 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

• "Eddic, Skaldic, and Beyond shines light on traditional divisions of Old Norse-Icelandic poetry and awakens the reader to work that blurs these boundaries. Many of the texts and topics taken up in these enlightening essays have been difficult to categorize and have consequently been overlooked or undervalued. The boundaries between genres (Eddic and Skaldic), periods (Viking Age, medieval, early modern), or cultures (Icelandic, Scandinavian, English, Continental) may not have been as sharp in the eyes and ears of contemporary authors and audiences as they are in our own. When questions of classification are allowed to fade into the background, at least temporarily, the poetry can be appreciated on its own terms. Some of the essays in this collection present new material, while others challenge long-held assumptions. They reflect the idea that poetry with "medieval" characteristics continued to be produced in Iceland well past the fifteenth century, and even beyond the Protestant Reformation in Iceland (1550). This superb volume, rich in up-to-date scholarship, makes little-known material accessible to a wide audience"--
• "Explores the blurring of boundaries between genres (skaldic and eddic), periods (Viking Age, medieval, early modern) and cultures (Icelandic, Scandinavian, English, continental) in Old Norse-Icelandic poetry"--

Series Statement

Fordham Series in Medieval Studies

Uniform Title

Fordham series in medieval studies.

Subject

• Old Norse poetry > History and criticism
• Eddas > History and criticism
• Scalds and scaldic poetry > History and criticism

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction / Martin Chase -- The sources of Merlínússpá: Gunnlaugr Leifsson's uses of texts additional to the De Gestis Britonum of Geoffrey of Monmouth / Russell Poole -- The genesis of Strengleikar: scribes, translators, and place of origin / Ingvil Brügger Budal -- Einarr Skúlason, Snorri Sturluson, and the post-pagan mythological kenning / Christopher Abram -- Skáldskaparmál as a tool for composition of "early" skaldic poetry / Mikael Males -- Háttatal Stanza 12 and the divine legitimation of kings / Kevin J. Wanner -- Creating tradition: the use of skaldic verse in Old Norse historiography / Rolf Stavnem -- Rattus Rattus as a beast of battle?: stanza 12 of Ragnars Saga / Rory McTurk -- Wit and wisdom: the worldview of the Old Norse-Icelandic riddles and their relationship to eddic poetry / Hannah Burrows -- Devotional poetry at the end of the Middle Ages in Iceland / Martin Chase -- Love and death in the Icelandic Ballad / Paul Acker -- Steinunn Finnsdóttir and Snækóngs Rímur / Shaun F.D. Hughes.

Call Number

JFE 14-6294

ISBN

• 9780823257812 (hardback)
• 0823257819 (hardback)

LCCN

2014002166

OCLC

861671202

Title

Eddic, Skaldic, and beyond : poetic variety in Medieval Iceland and Norway / edited by Martin Chase.

Publisher

New York : Fordham University Press, 2014.

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Fordham Series in Medieval Studies

Fordham series in medieval studies.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Chase, Martin, editor.

Research Call Number

JFE 14-6294