Eddic, Skaldic, and Beyond: Poetic Variety in Medieval Iceland and Norway

By: Chase, Martin

Eddic, Skaldic, and Beyond shines light on traditional divisions of Old Norse-Icelandic poetry and awakens the reader to work that blurs these boundaries. Many of the texts and topics taken up in these enlightening essays have been difficult to categorize and have consequently been overlooked or undervalued. The boundaries between genres (Eddic and Skaldic), periods (Viking Age, medieval, early modern), or cultures (Icelandic, Scandinavian, English,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823257819
• ISBN13: 9780823257812
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.0"