"First issued in paperback 2013"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-277) and index.
Contents:
Dialogue with a vo̜lva : Vo̜luspá, Baldrs draumar and Hyndluljóð / Judy Quinn. Gunno̜ð and the precious mead (Hávamál) / Svava Jakobsdóttir ; tr. Katrina Attwood -- Vafþrúðnismál and Grímnismál : cosmic history, cosmic geography / Carolyne Larrington -- Cursing with the thistle : Skírnismál 31, 6-8 and OE metrical charm 9, 16-17 / Joseph Harris -- Hárbarðsljóð as generic farce / Carol Clover -- Þorr's fishing expedition (Hymiskviða) / Preben Meulengracht Sørensen ; tr. Kirsten Williams -- Form and content in Lokasenna : a re-evaluation / Philip N. Anderson -- Loki's mythological function in the tripartite system (Lokasenna) / Jerold C. Frakes -- Reading Þrymskviða / Margaret Clunies Ross -- The context of Vo̜lundarkviða / John McKinnell -- Dwarf-lore in Alvíssmál / Paul Acker -- Rígsþula : some medieval Christian analogues / Thomas D. Hill -- Dialogue with a vo̜lva : Vo̜luspá, Baldrs draumar and Hyndluljóð / Judy Quinn.
Summary:
This collection of applies significant critical approaches to the mythological poetry of the Poetic Edda, a principal source for Old Norse cosmography and the legends of Odin, Loki, and Thor. It also provides useful introductions that sketch the critical history of the Eddas. By applying new theoretical approaches (feminist, structuralist, post-structuralist) to each of the major poems, this book yields a variety of powerful and convincing readings. An essential collection of scholarship for any Old Norse course, The Poetic Edda will also be.
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