The poetics of commemoration : skaldic verse and social memory, c. 890-1070 /
'The Poetics of Commemoration' is a study of the role poetry played in the commemoration of kings during the Viking age, investigating the variety of ways in which poets responded to the death of a king, and how poetry helped to construct a shared memory and identity for the community he l...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2015.
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| Series: | Oxford English monographs.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 'The Poetics of Commemoration' is a study of the role poetry played in the commemoration of kings during the Viking age, investigating the variety of ways in which poets responded to the death of a king, and how poetry helped to construct a shared memory and identity for the community he left behind. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191808173 0191808172 9780191063077 019106307X 0198745745 9780198745747 |