English poetry and old norse myth : a history / Heather O'Donoghue.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Donoghue, Heather, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English poetry--History and criticism.

English poetry.

Mythology, Norse, in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

English Poetry and Old Norse Myth: A History traces the influence of Old Norse myth -- stories and poems about the familiar gods and goddesses of the pagan North, such as Odin, Thor, Baldr and Freyja -- on poetry in English from Anglo-Saxon times to the present day. Especial care is taken to determine the precise form in which these poets encountered the mythic material, so that the book traces a parallel history of the gradual dissemination of Old Norse mythic texts. Very many major poets were inspired by Old Norse myth. Some, for instance the Anglo-Saxon poet of Beowulf, or much later, Sir W

Contents:

Prologue: Earliest contacts-Medieval poetry and Old Norse Myth

Antiquarians and poets: The discovery of Old Norse Myth in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

Preromantic responses: Gray, Blake, and the Northern Sublime

Parallel romantics: The alternative Norse-influenced tradition

Paganism and Christianism: The Victorians and their successors

Epilogue: New Images-contemporary poetry and Old Norse Myth.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-322-04527-5

0-19-178948-8

0-19-103436-3

OCLC:

888057927