The Structure of Old Norse Dróttkvætt Poetry

ISBN-13: 9780801430237 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 312 str.

Kari Ellen Gade

Opis

The drottkvett was a form of Old Norse skaldic poetry composed to glorify a chieftain's deeds or to lament his death. Kari Ellen Gade explores the structural peculiarities of ninth- and tenth-century drottkvett poetry and suggests a solution to the...