English poetry and Old Norse myth : a history /

This book traces the influence of Old Norse myth -- stories and poems about the familiar gods and goddesses of the pagan North -- on poetry in English from Anglo-Saxon times to the present day. Especial care is taken to determine the precise form in which these poets encountered the mythic material,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: O'Donoghue, Heather (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Temas:
English poetry > History and criticism.
Mythology, Norse, in literature.
Poésie anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Mythologie nordique dans la littérature.
POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English poetry
Mythology, Norse, in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: Earliest contacts-Medieval poetry and Old Norse Myth
  • Antiquarians and poets: The discovery of Old Norse Myth in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
  • Preromantic responses: Gray, Blake, and the Northern Sublime
  • Parallel romantics: The alternative Norse-influenced tradition
  • Paganism and Christianism: The Victorians and their successors
  • Epilogue: New Images-contemporary poetry and Old Norse Myth.

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