The Poetics of Commemoration

Erin Michelle (Lecturer in Old Norse Language and Literature, Lecturer in Old Norse Language and Literature, University College London) Goeres

Oxford University Press, 2015

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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 constructed a shared memory and identity for the community he left behind.

ISBN-13
9780198745747
ISBN-10
0198745745
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2015
Publication date
2015-11-19
Pages
208
Dimensions
148x223x20
Weight
388