Damnation and salvation in Old Norse literature /

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Author / Creator:Antonsson, Haki, author.
Imprint:Cambridge ; Rochester, NY, USA : D.S. Brewer, 2018.
Description:xiii, 257 pages ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:Studies in Old Norse literature
Studies in Old Norse literature.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11671649
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ISBN:9781843845072
1843845075
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:The hope of salvation and the fear of damnation were fundamental in the Middle Ages. Surprisingly, however, this topic, as reflected in Old Norse literature, has received limited critical attention.This book addresses this lacuna in the scholarship, from two major perspectives. Firstly, it examines how the twin themes of damnation and salvation interact with other more familiar and better explored topoi, such as the life-cycle, the moment of death, and the material world. Secondly, it looks at how issues relating to damnation and salvation influence the structure of texts, with regard both to individual scenes and poems and sagas as a whole. The author argues that comparable features and patterns reoccur throughout the corpus, albeit with individual variations contingent on the relevant historical and literary context. A broad range of the literature is considered, including Sagas of Icelanders, Kings' sagas, Contemporary Sagas, Legendary sagas and poems of Christian instruction.

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