English poetry and Old Norse myth : a history /

This book traces the influence of Old Norse myth - stories and poems about the familiar gods and goddesses of the pagan North - on poetry in English from Anglo-Saxon times to the present day. Especial care is taken to determine the precise form in which these poets encountered the mythic material, s...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	O'Donoghue, Heather (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, United Kingdom : New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	English poetry > History and criticism. Mythology, Norse, in literature.