Women in Old Norse Literature: Bodies, Words, and Power

Friðriksdóttir, J.

  • 出版商: Springer
  • 出版日期: 2013-03-18
  • 售價: $6,270
  • 貴賓價: 9.5$5,957
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 192
  • 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
  • ISBN: 0230120423
  • ISBN-13: 9780230120426
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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.

作者簡介

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.