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The Structure of Old Norse "Dróttkvætt" Poetry
The drottkvett was a form of Old Norse skaldic poetry composed to glorify a chieftain's deeds or to lament his death. Kari Ellen Gade explores the structural peculiarities of ninth- and tenth-century drottkvett poetry and suggests a solution to the mystery of the origins of the drottkvett and its eventual demise in the fourteenth century.
Poetry from the Kings' Sagas 2: Poetry by named Skalds c.1035-1105
The poetry in this volume commemorates the lives of Scandinavian rulers from c.1035 to 1280 and events that took place during their reigns. It mainly focuses on the kings of Norway and on noblemen and chieftains associated with these kings, although some of the kings of Denmark, as well as three of the jarls of Orkney receive attention.
Morkinskinna
The present volume, the first translation of Morkinskinna in any Language, makes this literary milestone available to a general readership, with introduction and commentary to clarify its position in the history of medieval Icelandic letters."--BOOK JACKET.
Morkinskinna
Morkinskinna ("rotten parchment"), the first full-length chronicle of the kings of medieval Norway (1030-1157), forms the basis of the Icelandic chronicle tradition. Based ultimately on an original from ca. 1220, the single defective manuscript was written in Iceland ca. 1275. The present volume, the first translation of Morkinskinna in any language, makes this literary milestone available to a general readership, with introduction and commentary to clarify its position in the history of medieval Icelandic letters. The book is designed to be used by readers with no knowledge of Icelandic. The translation is keyed to, and may be used in conjunction with, the existing diplomatic editions. Note...
Skaldsagas
Eleven papers present broad discussions of a small group of sagas which chronicle the lives of Skalds, court poets, and provide a vivid and entertaining portrait of poetry, love and warfare. The contributors examine the typical features of the skald sagas, their date and authorship, the relationship between verse and prose, their composition, characterisation and their relationship with other Icelandic and European genres. The sagas discussed are Bjarnar saga, Gunnlaugs saga, Hallfredar saga and Kormaks saga .
History of Homosexuality in Europe and America
This book re-prints various essays on gay history from around Europe and America. Includes one essay in German and one in Italian.
Old Norse Mythology
"This book treats from the perspective of the series "World mythologies in theory and in everyday life" the body of texts from medieval Scandinavia, mostly Iceland, usually known as "Norse mythology" or "Scandinavian mythology." Specifically, it constitutes a case study of a "literary or textual mythology," that is, a mythology from the past that we know only through written texts that have been left to us, augmented in a few cases by artifacts and images. This case is particularly interesting because the texts (with a tiny handful of enigmatic exceptions) were recorded centuries after the Nordic peoples had abandoned the religion associated with the mythology and converted to Christianity. ...
Poetry on Christian Subjects
This is the first volume of an envisaged nine that are the fruits of an international project to edit the complete corpus of medieval skaldic poetry. The project is supported by the Union Acadmique Internationale (supported project no. 60). Funding has been provided by, amongst others, the UK Arts & Humanities Research Board; the Australian Research Council; and the Joint Committee of the Nordic Research Councils for Humanities.
Poetry from Treatises on Poetics
This volume presents most of the poetry contained in the Scandinavian poetic and grammatical treatises, such as the poetry in 'Skáldskaparmál', the 'þulur', 'Háttatal', the Third and Fourth Grammatical Treatises and 'Háttalykill'. Included also are 'Málsháttakvæði' and stanzas from 'Laufás Edda' not recorded elsewhere.
