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* '''Reference''': Olsen, Alexandra Hennessey. "The Heroic World: Icelandic Sagas and the Old-English “Riming Poem”." ''Pacific Coast Philology'' 14 (1979): 51-58. | * '''Reference''': Olsen, Alexandra Hennessey. "The Heroic World: Icelandic Sagas and the Old-English “Riming Poem”." ''Pacific Coast Philology'' 14 (1979): 51-58. | ||
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* '''Key words''': | * '''Key words''': intertextuality (textatengsl) | ||
==Annotation== | ==Annotation== | ||
The 87-line Riming Poem can be seen as a juxtaposition not of youth and old age but rather of heroic/pagan and Christian worldviews and values; its bipartite structure is similar to that seen in the Wanderer and the Seafarer as well as a number of Icelandic sagas. Egils saga is a good analogue to the first part of the Riming Poem, which deals with the heroic world and its mutability – the speaker can indeed be compared to Thórólf Kveld-Úlfsson, whose good fortune brings about his downfall when it exceeds that of his king. Whereas death is treated as the end of a man’s story in the heroic sagas, however, the Riming Poem ends with a shift to the theme of life after death and the immutable Christian world. | |||
==Lýsing== | ==Lýsing== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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* ''Icelandic/English translation:'' | * ''Icelandic/English translation:'' | ||
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Revision as of 23:54, 5 March 2012
- Author: Olsen, Alexandra Hennessey
- Title: The Heroic World: Icelandic Sagas and the Old-English “Riming Poem”.
- Published in: Pacific Coast Philology 14
- Year: 1979
- Pages: 51-58
- E-text:
- Reference: Olsen, Alexandra Hennessey. "The Heroic World: Icelandic Sagas and the Old-English “Riming Poem”." Pacific Coast Philology 14 (1979): 51-58.
- Key words: intertextuality (textatengsl)
Annotation
The 87-line Riming Poem can be seen as a juxtaposition not of youth and old age but rather of heroic/pagan and Christian worldviews and values; its bipartite structure is similar to that seen in the Wanderer and the Seafarer as well as a number of Icelandic sagas. Egils saga is a good analogue to the first part of the Riming Poem, which deals with the heroic world and its mutability – the speaker can indeed be compared to Thórólf Kveld-Úlfsson, whose good fortune brings about his downfall when it exceeds that of his king. Whereas death is treated as the end of a man’s story in the heroic sagas, however, the Riming Poem ends with a shift to the theme of life after death and the immutable Christian world.
Lýsing
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