{"product_id":"viking-poems-on-war-and-russell-poole-9780802067890","title":"Viking Poems on War and Peace: A Study in Skaldic Narrative","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Old Norse and Icelandic poets have left us vivid accounts of conflict and peace-making in the Viking Age. Russell G. Poole's editorial and critical analysis reveals much about the texts themselves, the events that they describe, and the culture from which they come.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoole attempts to put right many misunderstandings about the integrity of the texts and their narrative techniques. From a historical perspective, he weighs the poems' authenticity as contemporary documents which provide evidence bearing upon the reconstruction of Viking Age battles, peace negotiations, and other events.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe traces the social roles played by violence in medieval Scandinavian society, and explores the many functions of the poet within that society. Arguing that these texts exhibit a mind-style so vastly different from our own present 'individualism, ' Poole suggests that the mind-set of the medieval Scandinavian could be termed 'non-individualist.'\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe poems discussed are the 'Darradarlj d, ' where the speakers are Valkyries; 'Lidsmannaflokkr, ' a rank-and-file warrior's description of Canute the Great's siege of London in 1016; 'Torf-Einarr's Revenge'; 'Egil's Duel with Lj tr, ' five verses from the classic \u003cem\u003eEgils saga Skallagrimssonar\u003c\/em\u003e; 'A Battle on the Health, ' marking the culmination of a famous feud described in a very early Icelandic saga, the \u003cem\u003eHeidarviga saga\u003c\/em\u003e; and two extracts from the poem \u003cem\u003eSexstefia\u003c\/em\u003e, one describing Haraldr of Norway's great fleet and victory over Sveinn of Denmark, and the other the peace settlement between these two kinds.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe texts are presented in association with translations and commentaries as a resource not merely for medieval Scandinavian studies but also for the increasingly interwoven specialisms of literary theory and anthropology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Russell Poole\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802067891\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802067890\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 217\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.30w x 0.65d","brand":"Russell Poole","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994903150847,"sku":"9780802067890","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ecb4e5ca-cab1-48df-9db9-312dc6906fc4.jpg?v=1683332853","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/viking-poems-on-war-and-russell-poole-9780802067890","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}