Balladenechos: Die skandinavische folkevise im kulturellen Gedächtnis
Motive, Figuren und Narrative der anonymen, seit dem Mittelalter tradierten Volksballaden haben bis heute einen hohen Bekanntheitsgrad in den nordischen Ländern. Die Beiträge dieses Bandes untersuchen ihre Präsenz und ihre Funktion im kulturellen Gedächtnis Skandinaviens. Besonders betont werden die mediale Vielfalt und die fortdauernde kreative Aktualisierung der Adaptionen.
zum Buch im ULB-Katalog
zum Buch auf der Verlags-Website
Damnation and salvation in Old Norse literature
A full survey of the „Last Things“ as treated in a wide range of Old Norse literature.
The hope of salvation and the fear of damnation were fundamental in the Middle Ages. Surprisingly, however, this topic, as reflected in Old Norse literature, has received limited critical attention.This book addresses this lacuna in the scholarship, from two major perspectives. Firstly, it examines how the twin themes of damnation and salvation interact with other more familiar and better explored topoi, such as the life-cycle, the moment of death, and the material world. Secondly, it looks at how issues relating to damnation and salvation influence the structure of texts, with regard both to individual scenes and poems and sagas as a whole. The author argues that comparable features and patterns reoccur throughout the corpus, albeit with individual variations contingent on the relevant historical and literary context. A broad range of the literature is considered, including Sagas of Icelanders, Kings‘ sagas, Contemporary Sagas, Legendary sagas and poems of Christian instruction.
Haki Antonsson is Senior Lecturer in Medieval Scandinavian Studies, University College London.
zum Buch im ULB-Katalog
zum Buch auf der Verlags-Website
Weitere Titel können Sie in unseren Neuerwerbungslisten für die Nordische Philologie entdecken!