Reading list for essay question on the role of poetry in the skáldasögur
Old Norse Literature
Essay Question: Why do the authors of the skáldasögur (Bjarnar saga Hítdœlakappa, Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar, Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu, Hallfreðar saga, and Kormáks saga) incorporate poetry in their sagas?
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Old Norse
Reading list for essay question on the figure of the poet presented in the skáldasögur
Old Norse Literature
Essay Question: How is the figure of the poet presented in the skáldasögur (Bjarnar saga Hítdœlakappa, Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar, Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu, Hallfreðar saga, and Kormáks saga)?
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Old Norse
Edition and Translation: Liðsmannaflokkr ('The Soldier’s Song'), ed. and trans. Richard North
Old Norse Poetry
<span>An edition and translation of the (anonymous?) skaldic poem <em>Liðsmannaflokkr</em> ('The Soldier’s Song') </span><span>by Richard North, detailing the capture of London by Earl Thorkell the Tall and Cnut in 1016. The edition and translation is excerpted from </span><em>The Longman Anthology of Old English, Old Icelandic, and Anglo-Norman Literatures, </em><span>Edited by Richard North, Joe Allard, Patricia Gillies (2010). Reproduced with permission of the author.</span>
Richard North
Author
Routledge
2010
Richard North
(c) Richard North
<a href="https://www.routledge.com/Longman-Anthology-of-Old-English-Old-Icelandic-and-Anglo-Norman-Literatures/North-Allard-Gillies/p/book/9781408247709" target="_blank">https://www.routledge.com/Longman-Anthology-of-Old-English-Old-Icelandic-and-Anglo-Norman-Literatures/North-Allard-Gillies/p/book/9781408247709</a>
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Edition and Translation: Liðsmannaflokkr ('The Soldier’s Song'), ed. and trans. Richard North
Old Norse Poetry
<span>An edition and translation of the (anonymous?) skaldic poem <em>Liðsmannaflokkr</em> ('The Soldier’s Song') </span><span>by Richard North, detailing the capture of London by Earl Thorkell the Tall and Cnut in 1016. The edition and translation is excerpted from </span><em>The Longman Anthology of Old English, Old Icelandic, and Anglo-Norman Literatures, </em><span>Edited by Richard North, Joe Allard, Patricia Gillies (2010). Reproduced with permission of the author.</span>
Richard North
Author
Routledge
2010
Richard North
(c) Richard North
<a href="https://www.routledge.com/Longman-Anthology-of-Old-English-Old-Icelandic-and-Anglo-Norman-Literatures/North-Allard-Gillies/p/book/9781408247709" target="_blank">https://www.routledge.com/Longman-Anthology-of-Old-English-Old-Icelandic-and-Anglo-Norman-Literatures/North-Allard-Gillies/p/book/9781408247709</a>
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Viking Age
England
London
Edition and Translation: Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, 'Haustlǫng', ed. and trans. Richard North
Old Norse Poetry
<span><span>An edition and translation of the skaldic 'shield' poem <em>Haustlǫng</em> (Harvest-Long) by poet </span></span>Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, c. 900<span>. The edition and translation is excerpted from </span><em>The Longman Anthology of Old English, Old Icelandic, and Anglo-Norman Literatures, </em><span>Edited by Richard North, Joe Allard, Patricia Gillies (2010). Reproduced with permission of the author</span>
Richard North
Author
Routledge
2010
Richard North
(c) Richard North
<a href="https://www.routledge.com/Longman-Anthology-of-Old-English-Old-Icelandic-and-Anglo-Norman-Literatures/North-Allard-Gillies/p/book/9781408247709" target="_blank">https://www.routledge.com/Longman-Anthology-of-Old-English-Old-Icelandic-and-Anglo-Norman-Literatures/North-Allard-Gillies/p/book/9781408247709</a>
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Viking Age
Norway
Edition and Translation: Einarr skálaglamm Helgason, 'Gold-Shortage' (Vellekla), ed. and trans. Richard North
Old Norse Poetry
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<div class="element-text">An edition and translation of the skaldic poem <em>Vellekla</em> ('Gold-Shortage') by poet Einarr skálaglamm ‘cup-tinkle’ Helgason, c. 980, in honour of Earl Hákon. The edition and translation is excerpted from <em>The Longman Anthology of Old English, Old Icelandic, and Anglo-Norman Literatures, </em>Edited by Richard North, Joe Allard, Patricia Gillies (2010). Reproduced with permission of the author</div>
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Richard North
Author
Routledge
2010
Richard North
(c) Richard North
<a href="https://www.routledge.com/Longman-Anthology-of-Old-English-Old-Icelandic-and-Anglo-Norman-Literatures/North-Allard-Gillies/p/book/9781408247709" target="_blank">https://www.routledge.com/Longman-Anthology-of-Old-English-Old-Icelandic-and-Anglo-Norman-Literatures/North-Allard-Gillies/p/book/9781408247709</a>
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Old Norse
Norway
Edition and Translation: Úlfr Uggason, 'Eulogy on the House'
(Húsdrápa) ed. and trans. Richard North
Old Norse Poetry
<span>An edition and translation of the skaldic poem </span><em>Húsdrápa</em> ('Eulogy on the House') by the poet Úlfr Uggason (early 990s)<span>. The edition and translation is excerpted from </span><em>The Longman Anthology of Old English, Old Icelandic, and Anglo-Norman Literatures, </em><span>Edited by Richard North, Joe Allard, Patricia Gillies (2010). Reproduced with permission of the author.</span>
Richard North
Author
Routledge
2010
Richard North
(c) Richard North
https://www.routledge.com/Longman-Anthology-of-Old-English-Old-Icelandic-and-Anglo-Norman-Literatures/North-Allard-Gillies/p/book/9781408247709
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Viking Age
Iceland
Edition and Translation: Eilífr Goðrúnarson, 'Eulogy on Þórr'
(Þórsdrápa), ed. and trans. Richard North
Old Norse Poetry
An edition and translation of the skaldic poem <em>Þórsdrápa</em> ('Eulogy on Þórr') by the court poet Eilífr Goðrúnarson, whose patron was Earl Hákon of Hlaðir. The edition and translation is excerpted from <em>The Longman Anthology of Old English, Old Icelandic, and Anglo-Norman Literatures, </em>Edited by Richard North, Joe Allard, Patricia Gillies (2010). Reproduced with permission of the author.
Richard North
Author
Routledge
2010
Richard North
(c) Richard North
<a href="https://www.routledge.com/Longman-Anthology-of-Old-English-Old-Icelandic-and-Anglo-Norman-Literatures/North-Allard-Gillies/p/book/9781408247709" target="_blank">https://www.routledge.com/Longman-Anthology-of-Old-English-Old-Icelandic-and-Anglo-Norman-Literatures/North-Allard-Gillies/p/book/9781408247709</a>
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Old Norse
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Viking Age
Norway