Bertha S. Phillpotts

The Elder Edda and Ancient Scandinavian Drama

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Phillpotts Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 333g
• ISBN-13: 9781406765274
• ISBN-10: 1406765279
• Artikelnr.: 22881928

Inhaltsangabe

Frontispiece
1. The Eddic problem
2. The Edda poems
3. The Edda poems in relation to other early Scandinavian verse
4. The chant-metre poems
5. Mythological poems in old-lore metre (excusrsus, Thrym's Lay)
6. Lost poems in chat-metre
7. Icelandic tradition and the Norwegian poems
8. Characteristics of Norwegian Eddic poetry: traces of popular origin
9. Characteristics of Norwegian Eddic poetry (cont.): the prose comments
10. Characteristics of Norwegian Eddic poetry (cont): stock scenes, theriomorphic personages and disguise
11. Evidence for indigenous drama in Scandinavia
12. Plots of the Eddic dramas: divine protagonists
13. Plots of the Eddic dramas (cont.): the ritual marriage
14. Plots of the Eddic dramas (cont.): the fertility drama
15. Characters of the fertility drama
16. Actors and authors. The chorus. The scene
17. The beginnings of tragedy. The Greek analogy
18. Conclusion
Index.