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The Structure of Old Norse Dróttkvætt Poetry

The Structure of Old Norse Dróttkvætt Poetry

Hardcover

Series: Islandica, Book 49

Literary CriticismScandinavian History

ISBN10: 0801430232
ISBN13: 9780801430237
Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr
Published: Jul 10 1995
Pages: 312
Weight: 1.35
Height: 0.81 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

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 mystery of the origins of the drottkvett and its eventual demise in the fourteenth century.

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