Dating the Old Norse Poetic Edda A Multifactorial Analysis of Linguistic Features |
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| Author:
| Sapp, Christopher D. |
| Series title: | Studies in Germanic Linguistics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-90-272-5771-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2022 |
| Publisher: | John Benjamins Publishing Company
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $158.00 |
Book Description:
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This book offers new dating of the poems of the Old Norse Poetic Edda, with interesting implications for our understanding of these texts as sources for the medieval history, mythology, linguistics, and literature of the Germanic peoples. It will have interest not just to linguists, but also to scholars of Norse history, literature and mythology.
This book offers new dating of the poems of the Old Norse Poetic Edda, with interesting implications for our understanding of these texts as sources for the medieval history, mythology, linguistics, and literature of the Germanic peoples. It will have interest not just to linguists, but also to scholars of Norse history, literature and mythology.