Friðriksdóttir Women in Old Norse Literature

Bodies, Words, and Power
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-11806-6
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 192 Seiten

Reihe: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

Old Norse texts offer different ideas about what it is to be female, presenting women in diverse social and economic positions. This book analyzes female characters in medieval Icelandic saga literature, and demonstrates how they engaged with some of the most contested values of the period, revealing the anxieties of both the authors and audiences.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Friðriksdóttir, J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1: Women Speaking 2: Women and Magic 3: Monstrous Women 4: Royal and Aristocratic Women 5: The Female Ruler Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Jóhanna Katrín Friðriksdóttir is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, Iceland. She has published several articles on Old Norse-Icelandic prose and poetry.