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Geisli is the earliest Nordic Christian drápa (long stanzaic poem) known to exist. Written by Einarr Skúlason, the twelfth century?s premier Icelandic poet, Geisli marked a stylistic shift in Old Norse poetry brought about by Christianity and European learning. Einarr Skúlason was a priest as well as a skald, and his writing demonstrates that he was as familiar with the traditions of Latin liturgy and hagiography as with the conventions of skaldic poetry.Geisli is a very important source for the modern scholar studying Old Norse hagiography and the history of Christianity in Iceland and Norway. This new critical edition features a version in normalized orthography, as well as a version in prose word order, a translation into English, a complete glossary, an introduction that situates the poem in its context, and substantial explanatory notes. Editor Martin Chase uses the famous Flateyjarbók manuscript as a base text, but takes into account all known manuscripts of the poem. Long needed by scholars, this new edition will be extremely valuable to anyone with an interest in Old Norse as well as medievalists in other disciplines.
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"Explores the blurring of boundaries between genres (skaldic and eddic), periods (Viking Age, medieval, early modern) and cultures (Icelandic, Scandinavian, English, continental) in Old Norse-Icelandic poetry"-- "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, Continental) may not have been as sharp in the eyes and ears of contemporary authors and audiences as they are in our own. When questions of classification are allowed to fade into the background, at least temporarily, the poetry can be appreciated on its own terms. Some of the essays in this collection present new material, while others challenge long-held assumptions. They reflect the idea that poetry with "medieval" characteristics continued to be produced in Iceland well past the fifteenth century, and even beyond the Protestant Reformation in Iceland (1550). This superb volume, rich in up-to-date scholarship, makes little-known material accessible to a wide audience"--
Scalds and scaldic poetry --- Eddas --- Old Norse poetry --- History and criticism. --- Chase, Martin, --- Arthurian Studies. --- Eddic Poetry. --- Medieval Romance. --- Norse Mythology. --- Old Norse. --- Rímur. --- Skaldic Poetry. --- Snorri Sturluson. --- Strengleikar.
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09 <082> --- 091 <41> --- 028 --- 091 <41> Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- 09 <082> Handschriften. Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Curiosa--Feestbundels. Festschriften --- Handschriften. Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Curiosa--Feestbundels. Festschriften --- 028 Lezen. Lectuur --- Lezen. Lectuur --- Sociology of literature --- anno 500-1499 --- Great Britain
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Essays discussing the medieval book, its owners and its readers.
Books and reading --- Writing --- Chirography --- Handwriting --- Language and languages --- Ciphers --- Penmanship --- Appraisal of books --- Books --- Choice of books --- Evaluation of literature --- Literature --- Reading, Choice of --- Reading and books --- Reading habits --- Reading public --- Reading --- Reading interests --- Reading promotion --- History --- Sociological aspects. --- Social aspects --- Appraisal --- Evaluation --- To 1500 --- England. --- Angleterre --- Anglii͡ --- Anglija --- Engeland --- Inghilterra --- Inglaterra --- Mary C. Erler. --- Medieval England. --- Queen Mary Psalter. --- book ownership. --- devotional texts. --- genre boundaries. --- literary references. --- medieval readers. --- schoolbooks. --- secular romance.
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