Old Norse women's poetry : the voices of female skalds /

The rich and compelling corpus of Old Norse poetry is one of the most important and influential areas of medieval European literature. What is less well known, however, is the quantity of the material which can be attributed to women skalds. This book, intended for a broad audience, presents a bilin...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Straubhaar, Sandra Ballif (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Old Norse
Published: Cambridge ; Rochester, NY : D.S. Brewer, [2011]
Series:Library of medieval women.
Subjects:
Scalds and scaldic poetry > Translations into English.
Old Norse poetry > Translations into English.
Women poets, Scandinavian.
Poets, Medieval > Women.
Poetry, Medieval.
Literature, Medieval.
Sagas > Translations into English.
Literature, Medieval
Littérature médiévale.
FICTION > General.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS > Medieval.
Old Norse poetry.
Sagas.
Scalds and scaldic poetry.
Translations.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Real people, real poetry
  • 2. Quasi-historical people and poetry
  • 3. Visionary women : women's dream-verse
  • 4. Legendary heroines
  • 5. Magic-workers, prophetesses, and alien maidens
  • 6. Trollwomen.

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