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The structure of Old Norse Dróttkvætt poetry

by Kari Ellen Gade

1995 290 pages eng

Probably recited at court, the drottkvaett 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 drottkvaett poetry and offers new answers to fundamental questions about…

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