The Structure of Old Norse "Dróttkvætt" Poetry
| By: | Kari Ellen Gade |
| Publisher: | Cornell University Press |
| Print ISBN: | 9780801430237 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781501732447 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 1995 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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The drottkvett was a form of Old Norse skaldic poetry composed to glorify a chieftain's deeds or to lament his death. Kari Ellen Gade explores the structural peculiarities of ninth- and tenth-century drottkvett poetry and suggests a solution to the mystery of the origins of the drottkvett and its eventual demise in the fourteenth century.