Old Norse literature and mythology, a symposium. / Edited by Edgar C. Polomé.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Polomé, Edgar C., editor.

Hollander, Lee M. (Lee Milton), 1880-1972.

University of Texas at Austin. Department of Germanic Languages.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Old Norse literature--History and criticism.

Old Norse literature.

Physical Description:

xii, 347 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Austin : Published for the Dept. of Germanic Languages of the University of Texas at Austin by the University of Texas Press, [1969]

Contents:

On translating from the Scandinavian, by E. Haugen.

Fact and fancy in the Vinland sagas, by E. Wahlgren.

Some observations on the influence of Tristrams saga ok Ísöndar on Old Icelandic literature, by P. Schach.

The heroic pattern: Old Germanic helmets, Beowulf, and Grettis saga, by A.M. Arent.

A contribution to the interpretation of skaldic poetry: tmesis, by K. Reichardt.

On reflections of Germanic legal terminology and situations in the Edda, by W.P. Lehmann.

Fertility of beast and soil in Old Norse literature, by E.O.G. Turvill-Petre.

Some comments on Voļuspá, stanzas 17-18, by E.C. Polomé.

Appendix A. Lee M. Hollander: a biographical sketch.

Appendix B. Lee M. Hollander: a chronological bibliography.

Notes:

Papers written in honor of Professor Lee M. Hollander, five of which were first presented at the 6th Germanic languages symposium held at the University of Texas, Nov. 30-Dec. 2, 1964.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0292783868

OCLC:

179322