Historical lacunae and poetic space: a creative approach to old norse poetry and poetics. Contemporary studies in descriptive linguistics; volume 50.

Ein sehr gutes und sauberes Exemplar/ A very good and clean copy. - This book explores the nature of poetic reading using a creative approach to understanding Old Norse poetry. It considers lacunae in the history, criticism and scholarly translations of Old Norse poetry into English through a poetic enactment, an epic poem and its companion reader, demonstrating critical approaches to Old Norse poetry and poetics. The poetic enactment analyses the complex relationship between historical gap and creative reader, the importance of the comprehension of literary objects as ideal or immutable, and the poetic construction of readable texts with particular reference to skaldic images. The poetic demonstration of scholarly approaches also raises a number of questions about poetic process and the role of composers, readers and historical contexts in Old Norse poetry. Analysing narrative-movement, diction, grammar, legend, the aural, the visual, authenticity, meaning and poetic objects as scripts, the author offers a theory of actual and virtual reading. CONTENT: Chapter 1 Gaps and Critical Contexts Chapter 2 From Empty Helmets and a Few Bones Chapter 3 Who Is the Reader? And How Many of Us Are There? Chapter 4 Roman Ingarden�s Observer as Composer Chapter 5 Musical Chairs Chapter 6 Measures of Skaldic Poetry: What Does Metre Mean? Chapter 7 The Legibility of Contours Chapter 8 Commanding the Terrain of Lacunae Chapter 9 A Grammar of Secrets G�-rac Manuscript Rinaldi da Giacomo�s Argomento Abbreviations Pronunciation Guide The History: Books I�VII I. D�zar�s Dreams II. Heyeoahkah�s Tales III. O��la�s Lays IV. Helga�s Lament for Kerrigan V. Kerrigan the Fearless VI. The Rise of Skulv� �fr VII. S�yo�s Songs of the Wolf The Successors: Books VIII�X VIII. The Argument between North and South IX. The Law-suit X. Lord of the Route. ISBN 9781800795440