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Genre-dependent metonymy in Norse skaldic poetry
Language and Literature: International Journal of Stylistics, 2008This article describes a metonymic process which is common in skaldic verse, but rare in everyday language. This process allows one member of a category to stand for another (for example, SEA is referred to by the name of another member of BODIES OF WATER, such as `river' or `fjord'). This process has previously been called `metaphor' (cf.
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ON THE FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF GENRES IN SKALDIC POETRY
RSUH/RGGU Bulletin. "Literary Theory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies" SeriesThe article analyses the functional characteristics of the main genres of skaldic poetry: panegyric verse, memorial poems (erfidrápur), shield poems (skjaldardrápur), head-ransom verse (höfuðlausn), love poetry (mansöngr) and libellous poems (níð). Olga Freidenberg’s conception of the salvational and chthonic functions of the word is applied to the ...
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The Journal of English and Germanic Philology, 2012
Margaret Clunies Ross, Kari Ellen Gade
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Margaret Clunies Ross, Kari Ellen Gade
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PLAYING WITH THE CANON AS AN ICONIC DEVICE IN SKALDIC POETRY
RSUH/RGGU Bulletin. "Literary Theory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies" Series, 2021Denis A. Golovanenko, Fedor B. Uspenskii
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Consonance and Dissonance in Skaldic Poetry on War and Peace
<em>Fiat pax.</em> Le désir de paix dans la littérature médiévale, 2023openaire +1 more source