Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of contributors
- Translations and abbreviations of the titles of eddic poems
- Introduction
- 1 The transmission and preservation of eddic poetry
- 2 Traditions of eddic scholarship
- 3 The editing of eddic poetry
- 4 The dating of eddic poetry
- 5 Eddic performance and eddic audiences
- 6 Eddic poetry and mythology
- 7 Eddic poetry and the religion of pre-Christian Scandinavia
- 8 Eddic poetry and heroic legend
- 9 Place names in eddic poetry
- 10 Eddic poetry and the imagery of stone monuments
- 11 Eddic poetry and archaeology
- 12 Eddic modes and genres
- 13 Eddic metres
- 14 Eddic style
- 15 Kennings and other forms of figurative language in eddic poetry
- 16 Alliterative lexical collocations in eddic poetry
- 17 The representation of gender in eddic poetry
- 18 The reception of eddic poetry
- Consolidated bibliography
- Index
List of contributors
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2016
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of contributors
- Translations and abbreviations of the titles of eddic poems
- Introduction
- 1 The transmission and preservation of eddic poetry
- 2 Traditions of eddic scholarship
- 3 The editing of eddic poetry
- 4 The dating of eddic poetry
- 5 Eddic performance and eddic audiences
- 6 Eddic poetry and mythology
- 7 Eddic poetry and the religion of pre-Christian Scandinavia
- 8 Eddic poetry and heroic legend
- 9 Place names in eddic poetry
- 10 Eddic poetry and the imagery of stone monuments
- 11 Eddic poetry and archaeology
- 12 Eddic modes and genres
- 13 Eddic metres
- 14 Eddic style
- 15 Kennings and other forms of figurative language in eddic poetry
- 16 Alliterative lexical collocations in eddic poetry
- 17 The representation of gender in eddic poetry
- 18 The reception of eddic poetry
- Consolidated bibliography
- Index
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- A Handbook to Eddic PoetryMyths and Legends of Early Scandinavia, pp. ix - xPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016