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Kari Gade, Kari Ellen Gade

The Structure of Old Norse "Drottkvaett" Poetry

English · Hardback

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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 the...

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Authors	Kari Gade, Kari Ellen Gade
Publisher	Cornell University Press

Languages	English
Product format	Hardback
Released	10.07.1995

EAN	9780801430237
ISBN	978-0-8014-3023-7
No. of pages	312
Dimensions	152 mm x 229 mm x 27 mm
Weight	907 g
Series	Islandica Rhetoric and Society Islandica
Subject	Humanities, art, music > History

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