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ISBN/UID: 9780801430237
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 10 July 1995
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The drottkvett was a form of Old Norse skaldic poetry composed to glorify a chieftain's deeds or to lament his death. Kari Ellen Gade explores the structural peculiarities of ninth- and tenth-century drottkvett poetry and suggests a solution to th...
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312 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780801430237
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 10 July 1995
Description
The drottkvett was a form of Old Norse skaldic poetry composed to glorify a chieftain's deeds or to lament his death. Kari Ellen Gade explores the structural peculiarities of ninth- and tenth-century drottkvett poetry and suggests a solution to th...