Description: Structure of Old Norse Drottkvaett Poetry, Hardcover by Gade, Kari, ISBN 0801430232, ISBN-13 9780801430237, Brand New, Free shipping in the US 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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Book Title: Structure of Old Norse Drottkvaett Poetry
Number of Pages: 312 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Structure of Old Norse Dróttkvætt Poetry
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Subject: Medieval, Folklore & Mythology, Poetry, Rhetoric, European / Scandinavian, Scandinavian Languages (Other)
Publication Year: 1995
Item Height: 1.1 in
Item Weight: 32.1 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Foreign Language Study, Poetry, Language Arts & Disciplines, Social Science
Author: Kari Ellen Gade
Item Length: 9 in
Series: Islandica Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover