Bertha S. Phillpotts

The Elder Edda And Ancient Scandinavian Drama

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LEGARE STREET PR
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 331g
• ISBN-13: 9781017045260
• ISBN-10: 1017045267
• Artikelnr.: 66746609

Inhaltsangabe

Frontispiece
1. The Eddic problem
2. The Edda poems
3. The Edda poems in relation to other early Scandinavian verse
4. The chant-metre poems
5. Mythological poems in old-lore metre (excusrsus, Thrym's Lay)
6. Lost poems in chat-metre
7. Icelandic tradition and the Norwegian poems
8. Characteristics of Norwegian Eddic poetry: traces of popular origin
9. Characteristics of Norwegian Eddic poetry (cont.): the prose comments
10. Characteristics of Norwegian Eddic poetry (cont): stock scenes, theriomorphic personages and disguise
11. Evidence for indigenous drama in Scandinavia
12. Plots of the Eddic dramas: divine protagonists
13. Plots of the Eddic dramas (cont.): the ritual marriage
14. Plots of the Eddic dramas (cont.): the fertility drama
15. Characters of the fertility drama
16. Actors and authors. The chorus. The scene
17. The beginnings of tragedy. The Greek analogy
18. Conclusion
Index.