LEADER 04476nam 2200793 450 001 9910456395903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-05640-9 010 $a9786612056406 010 $a1-4426-8308-2 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442683082 035 $a(CKB)2420000000004532 035 $a(EBL)4672228 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000312748 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11925264 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000312748 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10352277 035 $a(PQKB)10435389 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00600783 035 $a(CaPaEBR)417467 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3251396 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672228 035 $a(DE-B1597)465088 035 $a(OCoLC)944177342 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442683082 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672228 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257902 035 $a(OCoLC)958516142 035 $a(EXLCZ)992420000000004532 100 $a20160922h19911991 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aViking poems on war and peace $ea study in Skaldic narrative /$fR. G. Poole 205 $a2nd ed. 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1991. 210 4$d©1991 215 $a1 online resource (236 p.) 225 1 $aToronto Medieval Texts and Translations ;$v8 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8020-6789-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tAcknowledgments --$tAbbreviations --$tIntroduction --$tThe Poems --$tThree Reconstructed Poems --$tConclusions --$tBibliography --$tIndex --$tBackmatter 330 $aThe Old Norse and Icelandic poets have left us vivid accounts of conflict and peace-making in the Viking Age. Russell G. Poole's editorial and critical analysis reveals much about the texts themselves, the events that they describe, and the culture from which they come. Poole attempts to put right many misunderstandings about the integrity of the texts and their narrative techniques. From a historical perspective, he weighs the poems' authenticity as contemporary documents which provide evidence bearing upon the reconstruction of Viking Age battles, peace negotiations, and other events. He traces the social roles played by violence in medieval Scandinavian society, and explores the many functions of the poet within that society. Arguing that these texts exhibit a mind-style so vastly different from our own present 'individualism,' Poole suggests that the mind-set of the medieval Scandinavian could be termed 'non-individualist.' The poems discussed are the 'Darradarljód,' where the speakers are Valkyries; 'Lidsmannaflokkr,' a rank-and-file warrior's description of Canute the Great's siege of London in 1016; 'Torf-Einarr's Revenge'; 'Egil's Duel with Ljótr,' five verses from the classic Egils saga Skallagrimssonar; 'A Battle on the Health,' marking the culmination of a famous feud described in a very early Icelandic saga, the Heidarviga saga; and two extracts from the poem Sexstefia, one describing Haraldr of Norway's great fleet and victory over Sveinn of Denmark, and the other the peace settlement between these two kinds. The texts are presented in association with translations and commentaries as a resource not merely for medieval Scandinavian studies but also for the increasingly interwoven specialisms of literary theory and anthropology. 410 0$aToronto medieval texts and translations ;$v8. 606 $aOld Norse poetry$xHistory and criticism 606 $aNarration (Rhetoric)$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aCivilization, Medieval, in literature 606 $aVikings$xPolitics and government 606 $aPeace in literature 606 $aWar in literature 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aOld Norse poetry$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aNarration (Rhetoric)$xHistory 615 0$aCivilization, Medieval, in literature. 615 0$aVikings$xPolitics and government. 615 0$aPeace in literature. 615 0$aWar in literature. 676 $a839/.61 700 $aPoole$b Russell Gilbert$01048519 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456395903321 996 $aViking poems on war and peace$92476855 997 $aUNINA