A history of old Norse poetry and poetics / Margaret Clunies Ross.

Author/creator Clunies Ross, Margaret
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, UK ; Rochester, NY : D.S. Brewer, 2005.
Descriptionx, 283 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Contents The Old Norse poetic corpus -- An indigenous typology of Old Norse poetry, 1 : technical terms -- An indigenous typology of Old Norse poetry 2 : genres and subgenres of skaldic verse -- Circumstances of recording and transmission : poetry as quotation -- Old Norse poetic aesthetics -- The impact of Christianity on Old Norse poetry -- Poetics and grammatica, 1 : the twelfth century -- Poetics and grammatica, 2 : the edda of Snorri Sturluson -- Poetics and grammatica, 3 : the third and fourth grammatical treatises -- The Icelandic poetic landscape in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
Abstract "Guide to and description of the medieval poetic tradition in Scandinavia"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 246-272) and index.
LCCN 2004025181
ISBN1843840340 (hardback : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PT7170 .R67 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold