Essays on Eddic Poetry presents a selection of important articles on Old Norse literature by noted medievalist John McKinnell. While McKinnell's work addresses many of the perennial issues in the study of Old Norse, this collection has a special focus on the interplay between heathen and Christian world-views in the poems.
Among the texts examined are HAvamAl, which includes an elegantly cynical poem about O?inn's sexual intrigues and a more mystical one about his self-sacrifice on the world-tree in order to gain magical wisdom; V?lundarkvi?a, which recounts an elvish smith's revenge for his captivity and maiming; and Hervararkvi?a, where the heroine bravely but foolishly raises her dead father to demand the deadly sword Tyrfingr from him.
Originally published between 1988 and 2008, these twelve essays cover a wide range of mythological and heroic poems and have been revised and updated to reflect the latest scholarship.
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978-1-4426-1588-5 (9781442615885)
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John McKinnell is an emeritus professor of Medieval Literature at Durham University.
Donata Kick is an independent scholar with a PhD in medieval studies from Durham University.
John D. Shafer holds a PhD from Durham University. He is a teaching associate in the School of English at the University of Nottingham.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Essays
1. 'V?luspA and the Feast of Easter'
2. 'On Hei?r and Gullveig'*
3. 'The Evolution of HAvamAl'*
4. 'HAvamAl B: a Reconstructed Poem of Sexual Intrigue'*
5. 'Wisdom from Dead Relatives: the LjO?atal Section of HAvamAl'*
6. 'The Paradox of Vaf?rU?nismAl'*
7. 'Motivation and Meaning in Lokasenna'*
8. 'Myth as Therapy: the Function of ?rymskvi?a'
9. 'V?lundarkvi?a: Origins and Interpretation'*
10. 'Female Reactions to the death of Sigur?r'
11. 'Two Sex Goddesses: ?orger?r H?lgabrU?r and Freyja in HyndluljO?'*
12. 'The Trouble with Father: Hervararkvi?a and the adaptation of traditional story-patterns'*
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