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Essays on Eddic Poetry

By (author) John McKinnell, Edited by Donata Kick, Edited by John Shafer

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Essays on Eddic Poetry presents a selection of important articles on Old Norse literature by noted medievalist John McKinnell. While McKinnellâ€™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 HÃvamÃl, which includes an elegantly cynical poem about Ã“Ãinnâ€™s sexual intrigues and a more mystical one about his self-sacrifice on the world-tree in order to gain magical wisdom; VÇ«lundarkviÃa, which recounts an elvish smithâ€™s revenge for his captivity and maiming; and HervararkviÃa, 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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