Masculinities in Old Norse Literature

First full investigation of masculinities in Old Norse-Icelandic literature.

List of contents

Introduction - Gareth Lloyd Evans and Jessica Clare Hancock
Boyhood, saga-style: from mannsefni to maðr - Oren Falk
The Licit Love Visit: Masculine Sexual Maturation and the 'Temporary Troll Lover' - Matthew Roby
Female Masculinity and the Sagas of Icelanders - Gareth Lloyd Evans
'With mirthful merriment': Masquerade and Masculinity in Mágus saga jarls - Jóhanna Katrín Friðriksdóttir
Vulnerable Masculinities and the Vicissitudes of Power in Göngu-Hrólfs saga - Philip Lavender
Masculinity, Christianity, and (Non)Violence - Asdis Egilsdottir
Inclusive Masculinity in Morkinskinna and the Defusal of Kingly Aggression - Thomas Morcom
Emotions of a Vulnerable Viking: Negotiations of Masculinity in Egils saga - Brynja Þorgeirsdóttir
Þat þótti illr fundr: Phallic Aggression in Bjarnar saga Hítdolakappa - Alison Finlay
Male Bedpartners and the 'Intimacies of a Wife': rekkjufélagar and vífs rúnar - David Ashurst
Companions, Conflicts, and Concubines: Clerical Masculinities in Lárentíus saga biskups - Carl Phelpstead
'That which a hand gives a hand or a foot gives a foot': Male Kinship Obligations in the Heroic Poetic Edda and Völsunga saga - Jessica Clare Hancock
Afterword: The Ethics and Urgency of Studying Old Norse Masculinities - Gareth Lloyd Evans and Jessica Clare Hancock

Summary

First full investigation of masculinities in Old Norse-Icelandic literature.

Product details

• Authors: Gareth Lloyd Evans, Jessica Clare Hancock
• Assisted by: Gareth Lloyd Evans (Editor), Gareth Lloyd (Contributor) Evans (Editor), Jessica Clare Hancock (Editor)
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9781843845621
• ISBN: 978-1-84384-562-1
• No. of pages: 285
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 653 g
• Series: Studies in Old Norse Literatur; Studies in Old Norse Literature
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Skandinavische Sprachen, Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, HISTORY / Medieval, Literature - Classics / Criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Scandinavian