Approaches to Nordic and Germanic poetry / edited by Kristján Árnason, Stephen Carey, Tonya Kim Dewey, Haukur Þorgeirsson, Ragnar Ingi Aðalsteinsson and Þórhallur Eyþórsson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kristján Árnason, editor.

Carey, Stephen M., editor.

Dewey, Tonya Kim, editor.

Haukur Þorgeirsson, 1980-

Ragnar Ingi Aðalsteinsson frá Vaðbrekku, 1944- editor.

Þórhallur Eyþórsson, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Germanic poetry--Metrics and rhythmics.

Germanic poetry.

Old Norse poetry--Metrics and rhythmics.

Old Norse poetry.

Old Norse poetry--Influence.

Icelandic poetry--Versification.

Icelandic poetry.

English poetry--Middle English, 1100-1500--History and criticism.

English poetry.

English poetry--Middle English, 1100-1500--Metrics and rhythmics.

Alliteration.

English poetry--Middle English.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

351 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Reykjavík : University of Iceland Press, 2016.

Summary:

The theme of this book is the structure and ideological significances of old Germanic poetic form as it lived on in Iceland and to some extent in other related cultures.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789935231215

9935231216

OCLC:

992561345