Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-343) and index.
Contents:
Index. Introduction -- Monastic Poets and Snorri's Edda -- The Eleventh Century -- Grammatical and Historical Awareness in the Twelfth Century and Beyond -- Summary -- Diction : Mythology, Wordplay, Metaphor and Tmesis -- Kennings, Mythology and Poetic Figures -- The Early Period (up to c. 995) -- The Intermediate Period (c. 995-c. 1120) -- Wordplay, Extended Metaphor and Tmesis -- Mythological References -- Specific Mythological References : Eiríkr jarl and Others -- Specific Mythological References : Kings -- The Late Period up to Snorri and his nephews (c. 1120-c. 1300) -- Einarr Skúlason -- Øxarflokkr -- Geisli -- Einarr and Ofljóst -- Hallar-Steinn -- The Thirteenth Century -- Concluding Remarks on Diction -- Mythology in Medieval Europe -- Summary -- Grammatical Literature -- Manuscripts and the Scope of Old Icelandic Grammatica -- Grammatical Manuscripts -- Háttatal : Models, Sources and Rhetoric -- Authorship of the Commentary -- Building Authority and Creating Order -- Snorri and Horace -- Snorri and the Grammarians -- Litla Skálda, Gylfaginning and Skáldskaparmál -- A and B -- Character of Litla Skálda and Skáldskaparmál -- Intertextual Connections -- Litla Skálda, Snorri and the Traditionalizing Position -- Snorri's Reception of Poetry : Skáldskaparmál -- Boðn -- Óðrerir -- Kvasir -- Kenning Formation and Narrative Elements -- Snorri's Reception of Poetry : Gylfaginning -- The First, Third and Fifth Grammatical Treatises -- The First Grammatical Treatise -- The Third Grammatical Treatise -- The Fifth Grammatical Treatise -- Summary -- Prosimetrical Narrative -- Age and Development of the Prosimetrical Form -- Prose, Poetry and Prosimetra up to the Mid-Thirteenth Century -- Reykjahólar 1119 -- A Local Background Nonetheless? -- Corpus and Method -- Metrical Archaization in Egils saga -- The Authorship of Egils saga -- Metrical Archaization in Other Sagas -- Archaizing Diction -- Pseudo-Grettir -- Summary : The Image of the Poet -- Poetry, Language and Snorri's Edda in the Mid-Fourteenth Century -- The Wormianus Redactor -- Monastic Poets and Snorri's Edda -- Summary -- Conclusions -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary:
"This book assesses the importance of poetry for the Old Icelandic literary flowering of c.1150-1350. It addresses the paradox that an extremely conservative form of literature, namely skaldic poetry, was at the core of the most innovative literary and intellectual experiments of the period. The book argues that a blend of old forms and new methods was a necessary precondition for the creation of much of Old Icelandic literature."--Back cover.
Series:
Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde, 1866-7678 ; Band 113
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