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The Function of the Living Dead in Medieval Norse and Celtic Literature: Death and Desire

The Function of the Living Dead in Medieval Norse and Celtic Literature: Death and Desire

Smith, Gregg A.

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Literary CriticismMythology & Folklore

ISBN10: 0773408177
ISBN13: 9780773408173
Publisher: Fogfree Inc
Published: Jan 1 2007
Pages: 196
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.45 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
This study examines the nature and function of the dead in medieval Norse and Celtic literature. It is demonstrated that agents of the living dead in these literatures have a functional and formulaic role, largely manifested as a process of wish-fulfillment. While the authors of these stories provide resonances of past beliefs regarding the dead, they also appear to have adapted these ideas for their own purposes in order to involve the dead as role-players in their stories. This book contains 11 color photographs.

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