English poetry and old norse myth
להגדלת הטקסט להקטנת הטקסט- ספר
English Poetry and Old Norse Myth: A History traces the influence of Old Norse myth -- stories and poems about the familiar gods and goddesses of the pagan North, such as Odin, Thor, Baldr and Freyja -- on poetry in English from Anglo-Saxon times to the present day. Especial care is taken to determine the precise form in which these poets encountered the mythic material, so that the book traces a parallel history of the gradual dissemination of Old Norse mythic texts. Very many major poets were inspired by Old Norse myth. Some, for instance the Anglo-Saxon poet of Beowulf, or much later, Sir W
כותר |
English poetry and old norse myth : a history / Heather O'Donoghue. |
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מהדורה |
First edition. |
מוציא לאור |
Oxford : Oxford University Press |
שנה |
2014 |
הערות |
Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references and index. English |
הערת תוכן ותקציר |
Prologue: Earliest contacts-Medieval poetry and Old Norse Myth -- Antiquarians and poets: The discovery of Old Norse Myth in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- Preromantic responses: Gray, Blake, and the Northern Sublime -- Parallel romantics: The alternative Norse-influenced tradition -- Paganism and Christianism: The Victorians and their successors -- Epilogue: New Images-contemporary poetry and Old Norse Myth. |
היקף החומר |
1 online resource (257 p.) |
שפה |
אנגלית |
מספר מערכת |
997010714713105171 |
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