Bertha S. Phillpotts

The Elder Edda and Ancient Scandinavian Drama

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1920, this book provides a theory of the dramatic origin of the older Eddic poems.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 330g
• ISBN-13: 9781107694842
• ISBN-10: 1107694841
• Artikelnr.: 33773873

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.