The Etiquette of Early Northern Verse

by Roberta Frank

In The Etiquette of Early Northern Verse, Roberta Frank peers into the northern poet's workshop, eavesdropping as Old English and Old Norse verse reveal their craft secrets.

This book places two vernacular poetries of the long Viking Age into conversation, revealing their membership in a single community of taste, a traditional stylistic ecology that did serious political and historical work. Each chapter seeks the codes of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268202524
• ISBN13: 9780268202521
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"