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Grund gulls [ground of gold]: The Trope of Woman as “Land” in Skaldic Poetry from the Tenth to Fourteenth Centuries [PDF]
Scandinavian-Canadian Studies, 2014 : Skaldic diction has long been noted for the many analogies it creates between the human body and the natural environment. One manifestation of this interchange occurs where women are referenced by kennings with base ...
Emily Osborne
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The Formation of an Old Norse Skaldic School Canon in the Early Thirteenth Century [PDF]
Interfaces: A Journal of Medieval European Literatures, 2018 The academicization of the skaldic art in the twelfth century led to the production of model verses illustrating various meters and variations in the highly formalized poetic imagery, and, later, to skaldic treatises laying out the rules of the art form.
Jonas Wellendorf
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Sigvatr’s Tears: The Phenomenology of Emotion in Skaldic Verse [PDF]
, 2022 This article suggests that skaldic verse — as a direct result of its famously complex formal features — is able to encode and convey complex, dynamic emotional interiorities in ways that move beyond the possibilities of saga prose. Through a close analysis of Sigvatr Þórðarson’s lausavísa 20 that is attuned to the temporal nature of reading, it is ...
Evans, Gareth Lloyd
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Impossibilia: Revista Internacional de Estudios Literarios, 2021 This paper contributes to a growing body of research investigating the role of translations in the post-medieval reception of Old Norse-Icelandic literature.
Edel PORTER
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A skald in royal service – the case Þórarinn loftunga. Part 2: Poetics and ideology of Tøgdrápa
Studia Maritima, 2021 The present study is focused on Tøgdrápa (Journey drápa), a poem Þórarinn devoted to Knútr’s expedition to Norway in 1028. A distinguished feature of Tøgdrápa is its metre – tøglag (journey metre).
Jakub Morawiec
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A skald in royal service – the case Þórarinn loftunga. Part 1: Ideological contexts of Hofuðlausn
Studia Maritima, 2020 The first half of the 11th century was marked by serious challenges for the skaldic art. An advent of Christianity in the North in general and the baptism of numerous rulers in par- ticular, made skalds make efforts to implement symbolism of the new ...
Jakub Morawiec
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The politics of performance in Viking Age skaldic poetry [PDF]
, 2017 This thesis examines the political functions of the performance of skaldic poetry during the Viking Age. It aims to establish the vital role that skaldic verse plays in the establishment and maintenance of power, as well as the importance of skaldic ...
Ferreira, Annemari, Annemari Ferreira
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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages [PDF]
Mondes normands médiévaux, 2014 Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages Responsables du projet/Project leaders : Clunies Ross Margaret (mcr@arts.usyd.edu.au) Établissement principal/Main institution : University of Sidney Projet en cours/Project in progress Description : The ...
Rédaction
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'The Eagle's Oars are Feathers' - Skaldic Practice and Perception Beyond Performance [PDF]
, 2019 One of the perennial mysteries of Old Norse skaldic poetry is how skalds learned to compose such complex verses. The medieval Icelandic sagas feature a multitude of characters who compose skaldic poetry, many of whom appear
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Scripta Islandica, 2023 The idea that Old Norse poetry derives from an oral tradition is commonly accepted in contemporary research. However, more detailed considerations of the consequences of this notion for our understanding of specific poems and their context are seldomly ...
Simon Nygaard
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