English Poetry and Old Norse Myth - A History

Zusatztext although both specialists in Old Norse and scholars of post-medieval English poetry will learn much from this wide-ranging, sensitive, and readable study, it is readers who think that they are more interested in English poetry than in Norse myth who may find their preconceptions most fruitfully challenged. Informationen zum Autor Heather O'Donoghue is Vigfússon Rausing reader in Old Icelandic Literature and Antiquities at the University of Oxford, and a Professorial Fellow of Linacre College. Klappentext English Poetry and Old Norse Myth: A History traces the influence of Old Norse myth on poetry in English from Anglo-Saxon times to the present day, examining how bmajor and minor poets in English have reflected changing attitudes towards the pagan North. Zusammenfassung English Poetry and Old Norse Myth: A History traces the influence of Old Norse myth on poetry in English from Anglo-Saxon times to the present day, examining how bmajor and minor poets in English have reflected changing attitudes towards the pagan North. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Prologue: Earliest Contacts: Medieval poetry and Old Norse myth 1: Antiquarians and Poets: seventeenth and eighteenth century discoveries of Old Norse myth 2: Preromantic Responses: Gray, Blake and the northern sublime 3: Parallel Romantics: the alternative Norse-influenced tradition 4: Paganism and Christianism: Old Norse myth and nineteenth century religious thought Epilogue: New Images: Contemporary poetry and Old Norse myth

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• Authors: &apos, Heather donoghue, O&apos, Heather O'Donoghue, Heather (Vigfusson Rausing Reader in Old Norse O'Donoghue, Heather O''donoghue, Heather (Vigfusson Rausing Reader in O''donoghue, O'Donoghue Heather
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.07.2014
• EAN: 9780199562183
• ISBN: 978-0-19-956218-3
• No. of pages: 254
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, RELIGION / Ancient, Norse religion & mythology, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Norse religion and mythology