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,...

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Main Author:	O'Donoghue, Heather (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Subjects:	English poetry > History and criticism. Mythology, Norse, in literature. Poésie anglaise > Histoire et critique. Mythologie nordique dans la littérature. POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. English poetry Mythology, Norse, in literature Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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