LEADER 04152nam 2200661 450 001 9910456540103321 005 20210622032013.0 010 $a1-4426-8266-3 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442682665 035 $a(CKB)2430000000001434 035 $a(OCoLC)244768655 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10226335 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000378454 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11271412 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000378454 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10355377 035 $a(PQKB)10850703 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00600681 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3257935 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672189 035 $a(DE-B1597)465057 035 $a(OCoLC)944177334 035 $a(OCoLC)999360139 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442682665 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672189 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257867 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000001434 100 $a20160923h20012001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTools of literacy $ethe role of Skaldic verse in Icelandic textual culture of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries /$fGuðru?n Nordal 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2001. 210 4$d{copy}2001 215 $a1 online resource (451 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8020-4789-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tTables, Maps, and Figures --$tPreface --$tIntroduction --$tPART ONE: Skaldic Verse and Learning --$t1. The Twelfth Century --$t2. Snorra Edda and the Study of Grammatica --$tPART TWO: The Sources and the Thirteenth-Century Poet --$t3. Sources of Skaldic Verse --$t4. The Poet's Profession --$tPART THREE: Theory and Practice in Skaldic Poetics --$t5. Theoretical Discussion of the Kenning --$t6. Theory and Practice in Skaldic Verse --$tPART FOUR: Sources of Inspiration --$t7. Cosmology, Learning, and Body Imagery --$t8. Digging for Gold in Skaldic Verse --$tConclusion --$tGenealogies --$tNotes --$tAbbreviations --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aTools of Literacy is a thorough and ground-breaking examination of thirteenth-century skaldic verse or dróttkvætt, the literary production of Iceland in the thirteenth century, and of the textual culture which nurtured the poets. Nordal demonstrates the connection between thirteenth-century skaldic verse and the formal study of grammatica in schools, and establishes that skaldic verse was treated much like a Nordic equivalent of classic texts. She also reevaluates and reemphasizes the versatility of skaldic verse, and demonstrates the link between Icelandic authors and intellectual currents in Europe at the time. The study systematically links the thirteenth-century poets with leading families and with ecclesiastical and secular learning, and shows that skaldic verse-making was one of the class symbols of the new aristocracy in thirteenth-century Iceland. In giving a faithful account of verse making in thirteenth-century Iceland, Nordal has developed a database of approximately 1900 entries which serves as a point of reference throughout the book. The book's content is new, its overall coverage unique, and it will certainly be of interest to scholars and students in the fields of comparative literature, comparative mythology, Old Norse/Icelandic literature and language, and medieval studies. 606 $aScalds and scaldic poetry$xHistory and criticism 606 $aScalds and scaldic poetry$xSocial aspects 606 $aOld Norse literature$xHistory and criticism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aScalds and scaldic poetry$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aScalds and scaldic poetry$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aOld Norse literature$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a839.61009 700 $aGuðru?n Nordal$01047650 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456540103321 996 $aTools of literacy$92475359 997 $aUNINA