| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Oxford English monographs |
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Oxford English monographs.
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| Contents |
1 Remembering ancestors: Ynglingatal and the early Scandinavian kings -- 2 The afterlife of kings: Eiríkr blóđøx, Hákon inn góđi, and Óláfr Tryggvason -- 3 Changing patrons: the poets of Haraldr gráfeldr and Hákon inn góđi -- 4 Eligy, hagiography and advice to princes: the commemoration of Óláfr inn helgi -- 5 Divided loyalties: Arnórr jaslaskáld and the Jarls of Orkney -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
'The Poetics of Commemoration' is a study of the role poetry played in the commemoration of kings during the Viking age, investigating the variety of ways in which poets responded to the death of a king, and how poetry helped to construct a shared memory and identity for the community he left behind |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from title page (viewed December 8, 2015) |
| Subject |
Scalds and scaldic poetry -- History and criticism
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Scalds and scaldic poetry.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- German.
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Scalds and scaldic poetry
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191808173 |
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0191808172 |
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9780191063077 |
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019106307X |
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0198745745 |
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9780198745747 |
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