Women in Old Norse Literature
Bodies, Words, and Power
(Sprache: Englisch)
Old Norse texts offer different ideas about what it is to be female, presenting women in diverse social and economic positions. This book analyzes female characters in medieval Icelandic saga literature, and demonstrates how they engaged with some of the...
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Old Norse texts offer different ideas about what it is to be female, presenting women in diverse social and economic positions. This book analyzes female characters in medieval Icelandic saga literature, and demonstrates how they engaged with some of the most contested values of the period, revealing the anxieties of both the authors and audiences.
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Introduction 1: Women Speaking 2: Women and Magic 3: Monstrous Women 4: Royal and Aristocratic Women 5: The Female Ruler Conclusion
Autoren-Porträt von J. Friðriksdóttir
Jóhanna Katrín Friðriksdóttir is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, Iceland. She has published several articles on Old Norse-Icelandic prose and poetry.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: J. Friðriksdóttir
- 2013, 1st ed., 192 Seiten, Maße: 21,6 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
- ISBN-10: 134929862X
- ISBN-13: 9781349298624
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Englisch
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