{"product_id":"essays-on-eddic-poetry-paperback-softback-9781442615885","title":"Essays on Eddic Poetry (Paperback \/ softback) 9781442615885","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEssays on Eddic Poetry\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn McKinnell (Author), Donata Kick (Edited by), John Shafer (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781442615885\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 24 April 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e392 pages, 1 figure\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15 x 2.2 cm, 0.63 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEssays on Eddic Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e presents a selection of important articles on Old Norse literature by noted medievalist John McKinnell. While McKinnell’s work addresses many of the perennial issues in the study of Old Norse, this collection has a special focus on the interplay between heathen and Christian world-views in the poems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmong the texts examined are \u003cem\u003eHÁvamÁl\u003c\/em\u003e, which includes an elegantly cynical poem about \u0026amp;Oacute;Ðinn’s sexual intrigues and a more mystical one about his self-sacrifice on the world-tree in order to gain magical wisdom; \u003cem\u003eVǫlundarkviÐa\u003c\/em\u003e, which recounts an elvish smith’s revenge for his captivity and maiming; and \u003cem\u003eHervararkviÐa\u003c\/em\u003e, where the heroine bravely but foolishly raises her dead father to demand the deadly sword Tyrfingr from him.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOriginally published between 1988 and 2008, these twelve essays cover a wide range of mythological and heroic poems and have been revised and updated to reflect the latest scholarship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssays\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. ‘\u003cem\u003eVǫluspÁ \u003c\/em\u003eand the Feast of Easter’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. ‘On HeiÐr and Gullveig’*\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. ‘The Evolution of \u003cem\u003eHÁvamÁl\u003c\/em\u003e’*\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. ‘\u003cem\u003eHÁvamÁl B\u003c\/em\u003e: a Reconstructed Poem of Sexual Intrigue’*\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. ‘Wisdom from Dead Relatives: the \u003cem\u003eLjÓÐatal \u003c\/em\u003eSection of \u003cem\u003eHÁvamÁl\u003c\/em\u003e’*\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. ‘The Paradox of \u003cem\u003eVafÞrÚÐnismÁl\u003c\/em\u003e’*\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. ‘Motivation and Meaning in \u003cem\u003eLokasenna\u003c\/em\u003e’*\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. ‘Myth as Therapy: the Function of \u003cem\u003e\u0026amp;THORN;rymskviÐa\u003c\/em\u003e’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. ‘\u003cem\u003eVǫlundarkviÐa\u003c\/em\u003e: Origins and Interpretation’*\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. ‘Female Reactions to the death of SigurÐr’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. ‘Two Sex Goddesses: \u0026amp;THORN;orgerÐr HǫlgabrÚÐr and Freyja in \u003cem\u003eHyndluljÓÐ\u003c\/em\u003e’*\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. ‘The Trouble with Father: \u003cem\u003eHervararkviÐa \u003c\/em\u003eand the adaptation of traditional story-patterns’*\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography and Abbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52676787110168,"sku":"9781442615885","price":25.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/essays-on-eddic-poetry-paperback-softback-9781442615885","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}