Mnemonic Echoing in Old Norse Sagas and Eddas

by Pernille Hermann

This book brings together Old Norse-Icelandic literature and critical strategies of memory, and argues that some of the particularities of this vernacular textual tradition are explained by the fact that this literature derives from, represents, and incorporates into its designs mnemonic devices of different kinds. Even if Old Norse-Icelandic manuscript culture is relatively silent about the mnemonic context of the literature, the texts themselves...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 311067484X
• ISBN13: 9783110674842
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"