The structure of Old Norse Dróttkvætt poetry /

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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 ...

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gade, Kari Ellen
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1995.
Colección:Islandica ; 49.
Temas:
Scalds and scaldic poetry.
Old Norse poetry > History and criticism.
Old Norse language > Metrics and rhythmics.
Rhetoric, Medieval.
Poésie vieux norroise > Histoire et critique.
Vieux norrois (Langue) > Métrique et rythmique.
Rhétorique médiévale.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > German.
Old Norse poetry.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Preface; Abbreviations; Terminology: Old Norse; Terminology: Technical; Chapter 1: Function and Form of Dróttkvætt; General Remarks; The Origin of Dróttkvætt; Word Order and Sentence Structure in Dróttkvætt Stanzas; Composition, Comprehension, and Recitation of Dróttkvætt Poetry; Concluding Remarks; Chapter 2: The Constitutive Features of Dróttkvætt; Syllabic Quantity and Mora Counting; The Concept of Sentence Stress and Sievers's Five-Type System; The Analysis of Dróttkvætt Poetry according to Current Metrical Theory
  • Toward a New System of Graphic Representation of Dróttkvætt LinesChapter 3: Structural Peculiarities; Kuhn's Law of the Caesura and Syntactic Breaks in Dróttkvætt Lines; Skjalfhent, tvískelft, and Long Syllables in Enclitic Position; Resolution and Neutralization; Elision; Syllabification of Compounds and Phonetic Cohesion; Concluding Remarks; Chapter 4: Group I: Types E1-4, XE3-4, and B; Type E1 Even; Type E2 Even; Type E2 Verbal Even; Type E3 Odd; Type E3 Even; Type E3 Verbal Odd; Type XE3; Type E3 Verbal Even; Type E4 Odd; Type E4 Even; Type E4 Verbal Odd; Type XE4; Type E4 Verbal Even
  • Type B OddConcluding Remarks; Chapter 5: Group II: Types D1-2, A2k, and C; Type D1 Odd; Type D1 Even; Type D2 Odd; Type D2 Even; Type A2k Odd; Type A2k Even; Type A2k Verbal Even; Type C Odd; Concluding Remarks; Chapter 6: Type A; Type A11 Odd; Type A21 Odd; Type A31 Odd; Type A1 Even; Type A12 Odd; Type A32 Odd; Type A2 Even; Type A13 Odd; Type A23 Odd; Type A33 Odd; Type A3 Even; Type A14 Odd; Type A24 Odd; Type A34 Odd; Type A4 Even; Type A25 Odd; Type A5 Even; Concluding Remarks; Chapter 7: Sentence Patterns; Beginnings; Parenthetic Clauses; Endings
  • Enjambment, Vertical Placement, and the Role of AlliterationChapter 8: Conclusion; Summary of the Previous Chapters: Types of Fillers; Clause Functions; Sentence Boundaries; Syntax and Word Order; Enjambment and Vertical Placement; The Composition of Dróttkvætt Poetry; Encomiastic Poetry and Lausavísur; Performance; Eddie and Skaldic Poetry: The Origin of Dróttkvætt; The Demise of Dróttkvætt; Notes; Omissions; Appendix: Summary of Types; Selected Bibliography; Index

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