1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910955633703321

Titolo

The poetic Edda : essays on Old Norse mythology / / edited by Paul Acker and Carolyne Larrington

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2002

ISBN

1-136-60136-8

0-203-35773-6

1-136-60135-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Collana

Routledge Medieval Casebooks

Altri autori (Persone)

AckerPaul <1952->

LarringtonCarolyne

Disciplina

839.6/1009

Soggetti

Eddas - History and criticism

Old Norse poetry - History and criticism

Mythology, Norse, in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. "The founding of Migarr (VoluspÁ 1-8)" [tr. Paul Acker] / Lars LÁnnroth -- 2. Gunnlo and the precious mead" [tr. Katrina Attwood] [HÁvamÁl] / Svava Jakobdóttir -- 3. "VafÉrÉnismÁl and GrÉmnismÁl : cosmic history, cosmic geography" / Carolyne Larrington -- 4. "Cursing with the thistle : 'SkÉrnismÁl' 31, 6-8, and OE metrical charm 9, 16-17" / Joseph Harris -- 5. "HÁrbarsljó as generic farce" / Carol Clover -- 6. "Éorr's fishing expedition" [Hymiskvia] [tr. Kristin Williams] / Preben Meulengracht SÉrensen -- 7. "Form and content in Lokasenna : a re-evaluation" / Philip N. Anderson -- 8. "Loki's mythological function in the Tripartite system" [Lokasenna] / Jerold C. Frakes -- 9. "Reading Érymskvia" / Margaret Clunies Ross -- 10. "The context of Volundarkvia" / John McKinnell -- 11. "Dwarf-lore in AlvÉssmÁl" / Paul Acker -- 12. "RÉgsÉula : some medieval Christian analogues" / Thomas D. Hill -- 13. "Dialogue with a volva : VoluspÁ, Baldrs draumar and Hundlujó" / Judy Quinn.

Sommario/riassunto

This unique collection of essays applies significant critical approaches to the mythological poetry of the Poetic Edda, a principal source for Old Norse cosmography and the legends of Odin, Loki, and Thor. The



volume also provides very useful introductions that sketch the critical history of the Eddas. By applying new theoretical approaches (feminist, structuralist, post-structuralist) to each of the major poems, this book yields a variety of powerful and convincing readings. Contributors to the collection are both young scholars and senior figures in the discipline, and are of varying nationalities (American, British, Australian, Scandinavian, and Icelandic), thus ensuring a range of interpretations from different corners of the scholarly community. The new translations included here make available for the first time to English speaking students the intriguing methodologies that are currently developing in Scandinavia. An essential collection of scholarship for any Old Norse course, The Poetic Edda will also be of interest to scholars of Indo-European myth, as well as those who study the theory of myth.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996677080803316

Autore

GUENDJ, Denis <1940-2010>

Titolo

Il metro del mondo / di Denis Guendj ; traduzione di Mauro Raggini

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano, : Longanesi, 2004

ISBN

88-304-1932-X

Descrizione fisica

331 p. ; 21 cm

Collana

La lente di Galileo ; 30

Disciplina

389.109

Soggetti

Sistema metrico decimale - Storia - Francia - 1789-1799

Collocazione

XVI.7.E. 660

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

In copertina: In piena Rivoluzine Francese inizia una straordinaria avventura scientifica: la ricerca di un'unità di misura universale