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Translating the Untranslatable: A Comparative Study of Two Modern Language Translations of the Verses of Egils saga Skalla-Grimssonar [PDF]
My project analyses the extent to which, though a process of translation (or rewriting), skaldic poetry has been appropriated and manipulated in such a way as to help construct ideas of national identity.
Porter, Edel Maria
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Among Eddic poems, Hávamál is considered a wisdom poem because of its visible gnomic component (st. 1-103 and st. 112-137), but didactic verses are also found in Sigrdrífumál (st. 5-37) and to a lesser extent in Reginsmál (st. 4 and 19-22) and Fáfnismál (
Rocha, Carlos Osvaldo,1984-
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The Codex Optimus Attitude: Methodological Bias in Editions of the Poetic Edda
This contribution addresses two topics: the methodological bias in critical editions of the Poetic Edda, and the classification and origin of variants.
Miriam Conti
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Annual Reports to the ESA Council ESA 110th Annual Meeting July, 2025
The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, Volume 107, Issue 2, April 2026.
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Tolkien's Cauldron: Northern Literature and The Lord of the Rings
Tolkien's Cauldron studies the sources of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien was a scholar of Old Norse literature and much of his work in the Lord of the Rings is informed by his knowledge of old Norse mythology, Eddic poetry, and saga ...
Gloriana St. Clair (5361644)
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Schorn Brittany Erin, "How can his word be trusted?" : speaker and authority in Old Norse wisdom poetry, Thèse de doctorat soutenue en 2012, (dir. J. Quinn, Université de Cambridge) Résumé/abstract : In the eddic poem Hávamál, the god Óðinn gives advice,
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The Prose Contexts of Eddic Poetry, Primarily in the Fornaldarsǫgur
This PhD thesis, The Prose Contexts of Eddic Poetry: Primarily in the Fornaldarsǫgur (University of Bergen, 2013), examines the interaction between prose and eddic verse in Old Norse literature, focusing on the fornaldarsǫgur (‘sagas of ancient times’), the Poetic Edda, and Gylfaginning in Snorra Edda.
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Repetition in Old Norse Eddic Poetry: Poetic Style, Voice, and Desire [PDF]
This thesis examines the use of repetition as a poetic device in Old Norse Eddic verse from a primarily stylistic point of view. Previous studies have noted the prominence of repetition as a feature of Eddic poetry, but without engaging in an in-depth ...
Sandberg, Peter Benedict
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Many aspects of human life are revolved, in some manner or another, around sex from an individual level up to the level of a society. This thesis will examine notions of sexual taboos that occur in the Völsunga saga and the Eddic poetry found in the ...
Trued, Kirsten Cindy
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