Speaker and authority in old Norse wisdom poetry

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Main Author Schorn, Brittany Erin
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin De Gruyter 2017
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Edition1
SeriesTrends in Medieval Philology
Subjects
Altnordisch/Sprache
Edda
Eddas
Eddas > History and criticism
eddic poetry
History and criticism
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. bisacsh
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German. bisacsh
Old Norse
Old Norse poetry
Old Norse poetry > History and criticism
Scandinavian mythology
Skandinavien/Mittelalter
Skandinavische Mythologie
Viking and medieval Scandinavia
Weisheitsliteratur
Wisdom in literature
wisdom literature
eddic poetry
Scandinavian mythology
Altnordisch/Sprache
Skandinavien/Mittelalter
wisdom literature
Viking and medieval Scandinavia
Edda
Old Norse
Weisheitsliteratur
Skandinavische Mythologie
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ISBN3110548178
9783110548174
DOI10.1515/9783110549799

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Table of Contents:
  • Intro -- Foreword -- Contents -- List of Tables -- 1. Introduction: a Word to the Wise -- 2. Gáttir allar, áðr gangi fram, um scoðask scyli: Approaching Wisdom in Eddic Poetry -- 3. Mankind and the Supernatural World in Eddic Wisdom Verse -- 4. Speaker and Situation in the Mythological Frames of Wisdom Poetry -- 5. Traditional Forms and Christian Authority -- 6. The Authority of Wisdom -- 7. Abbreviations -- 8. Bibliography -- 9. Index
  • Contents --
  • 7. Abbreviations --
  • List of Tables --
  • 2. Gáttir allar, áðr gangi fram, um scoðask scyli: Approaching Wisdom in Eddic Poetry --
  • Foreword --
  • 1. Introduction: a Word to the Wise --
  • 3. Mankind and the Supernatural World in Eddic Wisdom Verse --
  • 9. Index
  • 6. The Authority of Wisdom --
  • Frontmatter --
  • 8. Bibliography --
  • 4. Speaker and Situation in the Mythological Frames of Wisdom Poetry --
  • 5. Traditional Forms and Christian Authority --