Title: Forgotten Laxdæla poetry : a study and an edition of Tyrfingur Finnsson's Vísur uppá Laxdæla sögu
Abstract: The paper discusses the metre and the diction of a previously unpublished small poem about characters of Laxdaela saga, composed in 18th century. The stanzas are ostensibly in skaldic drottkvaett; the analysis shows it to be an imitation of the classical metre, yet a remarkably successful one, implying an extraordinarily good grasp of drottkvaett poetics on the part of a poet composing several hundred years after the end of the classical drottkvaett period.
Publication Year: 2017
Publication Date: 2017-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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