| Between the Worlds Contributor(s): Egeler, Matthias (Editor), Heizmann, Wilhelm (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3110618818 ISBN-13: 9783110618815 Publisher: de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $237.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Language: German Published: May 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - Scandinavian - History | Ancient - General - Literary Criticism | Medieval |
| Physical Information: 1.7" H x 6.8" W x 9.6" (2.95 lbs) 729 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Scandinavian - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The rich corpus of literary otherworld journeys that has survived from the Scandinavian - and especially the Icelandic - Middle Ages is in many respects tied to a space 'Between the Worlds'. Every otherworld journey quite literally engages with a space 'between the worlds' in the sense that it plays itself out between this world and a world beyond, an otherworld. Yet this is not all. Also in terms of its cultural context this branch of the literature of the medieval North takes up a position situated midway between a broad range of poles. Texts from the Christian period treat pre-Christian mythology; allegedly pre-Christian material is studded with Christian motifs; Scandinavian texts adapt the learning and literature of the European continent, Ireland, and the classical Mediterranean; and Finnish narratives in turn appear to adapt Scandinavian narrative patterns. The volume presents a rich panorama of a broad range of very different - Scandinavian, Finno-Ugric, Greek, Latin, Celtic, Ancient Near Eastern, and archaeological - perspectives on the topic of the 'otherworld journey', which contextualises the motif of the otherworld journey in Old Norse-Icelandic literature in an unprecedented breadth. |