The poetics of commemoration [electronic resource] : Skaldic verse and social memory, c. 890-1070 / Erin Michelle Goeres.
2015
PT7172 .G64 2015eb
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Title
The poetics of commemoration [electronic resource] : Skaldic verse and social memory, c. 890-1070 / Erin Michelle Goeres.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780191808173 (electronic book)
Published
New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (194 pages).
Item Number
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198745747 doi
Call Number
PT7172 .G64 2015eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
839.61009
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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'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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 14, 2015).
Series
Oxford English monographs.
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