A panorama of poetry from Kalatdlit-nunat (Greenland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Denmark, Saame poetry, Norway, Sweeden, and Finland from 1900-1975, Modern Sca

This book explores how states and traits of anxiety are reflected in the style and structure of certain works by three key figures of modern Scandinavian litera

The drottkvett was a form of Old Norse skaldic poetry composed to glorify a chieftain's deeds or to lament his death. Kari Ellen Gade explores the structural pe

This book presents a range of approaches to the study of Old Norse poetry in performance. The contributors examine both eddic and skaldic poems and consider the