LEADER 02996oam 22005174a 450 001 9910245736003321 005 20230621141042.0 010 $a1-947447-01-7 024 7 $a10.21983/P3.0175.1.00 035 $a(CKB)4100000001115736 035 $a(OAPEN)1004642 035 $a(OCoLC)1111349646 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse77023 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/27562 035 $a(oapen)doab27562 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000001115736 100 $a20170612d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmu#---auuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Troll Inside You: Paranormal Activity in the Medieval North$fA?rmann Jakobsson 205 $a1st edition. 210 $aBrooklyn, NY$cpunctum books$d2017 210 1$aSanta Barbara, CA :$cPunctum Books,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017. 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 240 pages) $cillustrations; PDF, digital file(s) 311 08$aPrint version: 9781947447004 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $aWhat do medieval Icelanders mean when they say ?troll?? What did they see when they saw a troll? What did the troll signify to them? And why did they see them? The principal subject of this book is the Norse idea of the troll, which the author uses to engage with the larger topic of paranormal experiences in the medieval North. The texts under study are from 13th-, 14th-, and 15th-century Iceland. The focus of the book is on the ways in which paranormal experiences are related and defined in these texts and how those definitions have framed and continue to frame scholarly interpretations of the paranormal. The book is partitioned into numerous brief chapters, each with its own theme. In each case the author is not the least concerned with how the paranormal functions within medieval society and in the minds of the individuals who encounter and experience it and go on to narrate these experiences through intermediaries. The author connects the paranormal encounter closely with fears and these fears are intertwined with various aspects of the human experience, including gender, family ties, and death. The Troll Inside You hovers over the boundaries of scholarship and literature. Its aim is to prick and provoke but above all to challenge its audience to reconsider some of their preconceived ideas about the medieval past. 606 $aTrolls 606 $aSupernatural in literature 606 $aOld Norse literature$xHistory and criticism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aTrolls. 615 0$aSupernatural in literature. 615 0$aOld Norse literature$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a839/.6931 700 $aA?rmann Jakobsson$f1970-$0892687 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910245736003321 996 $aThe troll inside you$92220842 997 $aUNINA