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Speaker and Authority in Old Norse Wisdom Poetry

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Published/Copyright: 2017
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While there is a long tradition of research into eddic poetry, including the poems classed as wisdom literature, much of this has approached the subject either as a primarily philological commentary or has addressed literary and thematic topics of individual or small groups of poems. This book offers a wide-ranging enquiry into the defining features of Old Norse wisdom, including the representation of wisdom in texts which cross traditional generic boundaries. It builds on recent advances in understanding of pre-Christian religion in Scandinavia, and calls on comparative and supporting work from several different disciplinary backgrounds (including literary theory, other medieval literatures and anthropology). Speaker and Authority interrogates important questions about the concept of knowledge, as well as its role in medieval Scandinavian society and its broader European cultural context.

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Brittany Erin Schorn, University of Cambridge, UK.

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    Foreword

    V
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    Contents

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    List of Tables

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    1. Introduction: a Word to the Wise

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    2. Gáttir allar, áðr gangi fram, um scoðask scyli: Approaching Wisdom in Eddic Poetry

    17
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    3. Mankind and the Supernatural World in Eddic Wisdom Verse

    37
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    4. Speaker and Situation in the Mythological Frames of Wisdom Poetry

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    5. Traditional Forms and Christian Authority

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    6. The Authority of Wisdom

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    7. Abbreviations

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    8. Bibliography

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    9. Index

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eBook published on:
July 10, 2017
eBook ISBN:
9783110549799
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July 10, 2017
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110548174
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Front matter:
10
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198
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110549799
eBook ISBN: 9783110549799
Hardcover ISBN: 9783110548174
Keywords for this book
Old Norse; eddic poetry; wisdom literature; Viking and medieval Scandinavia; Scandinavian mythology
Audience(s) for this book
Scholars of Scandinavian Studies, Literary Studies and Cultural historians
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