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{PDF EPUB} Myth and Fiction in Early Norse Lands by Ursula Dronke Ursula Dronke Obituary
Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Myth and Fiction in Early Norse Lands by Ursula Dronke Ursula Dronke obituary. Ursula Dronke, who has died aged 91, was an inspirational scholar and teacher of Old Norse literature, and a specialist in the sagas and poetry of medieval Iceland. In 1969, she published the first volume of her monumental edition of the Poetic Edda, a medieval anthology of the great Icelandic mythological and heroic poems. The second volume, published in 1997, includes her translation of the poem Völuspá, whose textual complexity and allusive obscurity are unparalleled. Völuspá is spoken by a mysterious prophetess, summoned, as it seems, by the god Odin, and she transmits, unwillingly, the arcane knowledge she alone knows: about the creation of the world (and a time even before that), and then about its end, Ragnarök, the great Norse apocalypse, which she describes in dramatic detail. Ursula, with endless patience, and after years of study, developed a confident understanding of the text's literary dynamic, with its interplay of mediumistic voices, and its sudden switches between past, present and future. For Old Norse scholars, Völuspá had been a challenge; Ursula restored it as a work of art. The third volume of the Poetic Edda went to press in Ursula's 90th year; the projected four volumes now remain incomplete. Nevertheless, this series has completely dominated Eddaic studies worldwide, with the sophistication of its literary analyses and the tremendous breadth of background knowledge brought to bear on the poetry. As Vigfússon reader in Old Icelandic literature and antiquities at Oxford University from 1976 to 1988, Ursula supervised many graduate students and I was privileged to be one of them; the vast majority have gone on to teach Old Norse-Icelandic at universities around the world. -
{PDF EPUB} Poetic Edda Heroic Poems Edited with Translation Introduction and Commentary by Ursula Dronke
Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Poetic Edda Heroic Poems Edited with Translation Introduction and Commentary by Ursula Dronke. Volum Poetic Edda Heroic Poems Edited with Translation Introduction and Commentary by Ursula Dronke. Volume 1 by Ursula Dronke. Our systems have detected unusual traffic activity from your network. Please complete this reCAPTCHA to demonstrate that it's you making the requests and not a robot. If you are having trouble seeing or completing this challenge, this page may help. If you continue to experience issues, you can contact JSTOR support. Block Reference: #febcde60-c32c-11eb-9b5c-cf2162f593e2 VID: #(null) IP: 188.246.226.140 Date and time: Tue, 01 Jun 2021 22:59:18 GMT. Poetic Edda Heroic Poems Edited with Translation Introduction and Commentary by Ursula Dronke. Volume 1 by Ursula Dronke. Inspirational Teacher of Old Norse Literature Specialising in the Sagas and Poetry of Medieval Iceland. Ursula Dronke, who has died aged 91, was an inspirational scholar and teacher of Old Norse literature, and a specialist in the sagas and poetry of medieval Iceland. In 1969, she published the first volume of her monumental edition of the Poetic Edda, a medieval anthology of the great Icelandic mythological and heroic poems. The second volume, published in 1997, includes her translation of the poem Völuspá, whose textual complexity and allusive obscurity are unparalleled. Völuspá is spoken by a mysterious prophetess, summoned, as it seems, by the god Odin, and she transmits, unwillingly, the arcane knowledge she alone knows: about the creation of the world (and a time even before that), and then about its end, Ragnarök, the great Norse apocalypse, which she describes in dramatic detail. -
Scripta Islandica 64/2013
SCRIPTA ISLANDICA ISLÄNDSKA SÄLLSKAPETS ÅRSBOK 64/2013 REDIGERAD AV LASSE MÅRTENSSON OCH VETURLIÐI ÓSKARSSON under medverkan av Pernille Hermann (Århus) Else Mundal (Bergen) Guðrún Nordal (Reykjavík) † Rune Palm (Stockholm) Heimir Pálsson (Uppsala) UPPSALA, SVERIGE © Författarna och Scripta Islandica 2014 ISSN 0582-3234 Sättning: Ord och sats Marco Bianchi urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-201189 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-201189 Innehåll LENNART ELMEVIK, Sigurd Fries. Minnesord ................... 5 DANIEL SÄVBORG, Rune Palm. Minnesord ..................... 9 ULLA BÖRESTAM, Gun Widmark. Minnesord ................... 13 AGNETA NEY, Bland ormar och drakar. En jämförande studie av Ramsundsristningen och Gökstenen ........................ 17 JUDY QUINN, Death and the king. Grottasǫngr in its eddic context .. 39 BRITTANY SCHORN, Divine Semantics. Terminology for the Human and the Divine in Old Norse Poetry ........................ 67 KIRSTEN WOLF, Body Language in Medieval Iceland. A Study of Gesticulation in the Sagas and Tales of Icelanders ............. 99 Recensioner TERRY GUNNELL, rec. av Merrill Kaplan, Thou Fearful Guest. Addressing the Past in Four Tales in Flateyjarbók ............. 123 BERNT Ø. THORVALDSEN, rec. av Lars Lönnroth, The Academy of Odin. Selected Papers on Old Norse Literature ............... 129 VÉSTEINN ÓLASON, rec. av The Poetic Edda. Vol. III. Mythological Poems II, ed. Ursula Dronke .............................. 137 LARS WOLLIN, rec. av Sif Rikhardsdottir, Medieval Translations and Cultural Discourse. The -
British Theories of Mythology and Old Norse Poetry: a Study of Methodologies in the Mid-19Th to Early 20Th Centuries
British Theories of Mythology and Old Norse Poetry: A study of methodologies in the mid-19th to early 20th centuries Lars Thomas Schlereth University College London Ph.D I, Lars Thomas Schlereth, confirm that the work presented in this thesis is my own. Where information has been derived from other sources, I confirm that this has been indicated in the thesis. 2 Abstract This study is an examination of the major theories concerning mythology that were popular in the United Kingdom from the mid-nineteenth century to the early twentieth century and the ways in which they can be applied to Old Norse myth. The goal is to develop a greater understanding of how specific theories can or cannot be applied to certain mythological poems that are contained with the Poetic Edda collection. The examination begins with the etymological approach of Max Müller and his applicability to Alvíssmál, Skírnismál and Lokasenna. It will be shown that Müller’s ideas are difficult to apply, with only Skírnismál being particularly receptive. The next chapter examines the development of anthropological approaches, specifically that of Edward Tylor and Andrew Lang, and the content of Vafþrúðnismál and Vǫlospá. These poems will be shown to have many indicators of the scholar’s theories, but offer little insight into any larger, societal, functions the myths contained within the poems may have served. The third chapter focuses on the role ritual was thought to play in relation to myth and continues the examination of Vafþrúðnismál and Vǫlospá from the perspective of William Robertson Smith and Sir James George Frazer. -
Somerville College Report 11 12 Somerville College Report 11 12
Somerville College Report 11 12 Somerville College Report 11 12 Somerville College Oxford OX2 6HD Telephone 01865 270600 www.some.ox.ac.uk Exempt charity number 1139440. Oct 2012 Somerville College Report 11 12 Somerville College Contents Visitor, Principal, Academic Report Fellows, Lecturers, Examination Results, 2011-12 110 Staff 3 Prizes 113 Students Entering The Year in Review College 2011 116 Principal’s Report 10 Somerville Association Fellows’ Activities 15 Officers and Committee 120 Report on Junior Somerville Development Research Fellowships 27 Board Members 123 J.C.R. Report 30 M.C.R. Report 32 Notices Library Report 33 Legacies Update 126 Report from the Events: Dates for the Diary 128 Director of Development 38 Members’ Notes President’s Report 44 Somerville Senior Members’ Fund 47 Life Before Somerville: Andrew Whelan, 1998 48 1962 Year Report 54 Members’ News and Publications 56 Marriages 72 This Report is edited by Liz Cooke Births 73 (Tel. 01865 270632; email Deaths 74 [email protected]) and Amy Crosweller (Tel. 01865 270685; Obituaries 75 [email protected]) Visitor, Principal, Fellows, Lecturers, Staff | 3 Fiona Jane Stafford, MA, MPhil, Jeremy Donald Whiteley, MA, (PhD Visitor, DPhil, (BA Leicester), FRSE, Professor Camb), University Director of Personnel of English, Tutor in English and Administrative Services Principal, Sarah Jane Gurr, MA, (BSc, ARCS, Manuele Gragnolati, MA, (Laurea PhD Lond, DIC), Daphne Osborne in lettere Classiche, Pavia, PhD Fellow, Professor of Plant Sciences, Tutor Columbia,