The Structure of Old Norse Dróttkvætt Poetry - Islandica

Kari Ellen Gade

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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 mystery of the origins of the drottkvett and its eventual demise in the fourteenth century.

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ISBN:	9780801430237
Publisher:	Cornell University Press
Imprint:	Cornell University Press
Pub date:	10 Jul 1995
DEWEY:	839.61
DEWEY edition:	20
Language:	English
Number of pages:	290
Weight:	907g
Height:	229mm
Width:	152mm
Spine width:	27mm