Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. General Abbreviations vii
4. Abbreviations for poets and poems ix
5. Acknowledgments xiii
6. Introduction 1
7. Part 1 Making Memories
8. Rök and Ynglingatal 15
9. Chapter 1 Death in Place 20
10. Chapter 2 Forging the Chain 46
11. Stone—stanza—memory 72
12. Part 2 Seeing Things
13. Chapter 3 The Viking Eye 79
14. Chapter 4 Seeing, Knowing, and Believing in the Prose Edda 108
15. Part 3 Hearing Voices
16. Chapter 5 The Noise of Poetry 133
17. Chapter 6 A Poetry Machine 160
18. Conclusion 185
19. Notes 193
20. References 257
21. Index 291