The Saga Of The Jómsvikings: A Translation With Full Introduction,
2018
Birkbeck, University of London
The Saga Of The Jómsvikings: A Translation With Full Introduction, Alison Finlay, Þórdís Edda Jóhannesdóttir
Northern Medieval World
Unique among the Icelandic sagas, part-history, part-fiction, the Saga of the Jómsvikings tells of a legendary band of vikings, originally Danish, who established an island fortress off the Baltic coast, and launched and ultimately lost their heroic attack on the pagan ruler of Norway in the late tenth century. The saga's account of their stringent warrior code, fatalistic adherence to their own reckless vows, and declarations of extreme courage as they face execution articulates a remarkable account of what it meant to be a viking. This translation presents the longest and earliest text of the saga, never before published in …
Abuse Or Be Abused: Traumatic Memory, Sex Inequality, And Millennium As A Socio-Literary Device,
2018
Date To Tell
Abuse Or Be Abused: Traumatic Memory, Sex Inequality, And Millennium As A Socio-Literary Device, Kate Rose
Dignity: A Journal of Analysis of Exploitation and Violence
This article applies the research of French psychiatrist Muriel Salmona to literary analysis of Stieg Larsson’s protagonist, Lisbeth Salander, in the Millennium trilogy (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, 2008; The Girl Who Played with Fire, 2009; The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, 2010). It suggests that Larsson’s novels may be useful in raising awareness of childhood sexual abuse, through reading neglected signs linked to the neurology of traumatic memory. In the tradition of Nordic noir novels, hyperboles in Salander’s sensationalized identity serve to magnify and bring to light a misunderstood social problem. The article …
Influences Of Pre-Christian Mythology And Christianity On Old Norse Poetry: A Narrative Study Of Vafþrúðnismál,
2018
University of Winnipeg
Influences Of Pre-Christian Mythology And Christianity On Old Norse Poetry: A Narrative Study Of Vafþrúðnismál, Andrew E. Mcgillivray
Northern Medieval World
In this study, McGillivray explores the cultural environment in which the Eddic poem Vafþrúðnismál was composed and re-examines the relationship between form and content in the poem and the respective influences of pre-Christian beliefs and Christian religion on the text. The poem has a dual aspect, acting as a poetic framework and functioning as a sacred story. It serves both as a representation of early pagan beliefs or myths and also as a myth itself, relating the journey of the Norse god Óðinn to the hall of the ancient and wise giant Vafþrúðnir, where Óðinn craftily engages his adversary in …
New Studies In The Manuscript Tradition Of Njáls Saga: The Historia Mutila Of Njála,
2018
University of Iceland
New Studies In The Manuscript Tradition Of Njáls Saga: The Historia Mutila Of Njála, Svanhildur Óskarsdóttir, Emily Lethbridge
Northern Medieval World
Njáls saga is the best known and most highly regarded of all medieval Icelandic sagas and it occupies a special place in Icelandic cultural history. The manuscript tradition is exceptionally rich and extensive. The oldest extant manuscripts date to only a couple of decades after the saga's composition in the late thirteenth century and the saga was subsequently copied by hand continuously up until the twentieth century, even alongside the circulation of printed text editions in latter centuries. The manuscript corpus as a whole has great socio-historical value, showcasing the myriad ways in which generations of Icelanders interpreted the saga …
Handwriting Example #56,
2018
Augustana College
Swedish-American Church Records -- An Addendum,
2018
Augustana College
Swedish-American Church Records -- An Addendum, Jill Seaholm
Swedish American Genealogist
No abstract provided.
The Catastrophe In The Mountains,
2018
Augustana College
The Catastrophe In The Mountains, Monica Fogelqvist
Swedish American Genealogist
No abstract provided.
News From The Swenson Center: Summer Intern Shelby Tells About Her Work,
2018
Augustana College
News From The Swenson Center: Summer Intern Shelby Tells About Her Work, Shelby Jensen
Swedish American Genealogist
No abstract provided.
Bits & Pieces,
2018
Augustana College
Handwriting Solution #56,
2018
Augustana College
Disappearing Swedes, Case 1: J.F. Waestrom,
2018
Augustana College
Disappearing Swedes, Case 1: J.F. Waestrom, Martha Garrett Cg
Swedish American Genealogist
No abstract provided.
Full Issue Vol. 38 No. 3,
2018
Augustana College
The Old Picture,
2018
Augustana College
Book Reviews,
2018
Augustana College
Genealogical Queries,
2018
Augustana College
The Last Page,
2018
Augustana College
A First Look At Swedish Prison Records,
2018
Augustana College
A First Look At Swedish Prison Records, Elisabeth Thorsell
Swedish American Genealogist
No abstract provided.
Interesting Web Sites,
2018
Augustana College
Sigrid Undset's Sacramental Realism: The Body In Kristin Lavransdatter,
2018
Seattle Pacific University
Sigrid Undset's Sacramental Realism: The Body In Kristin Lavransdatter, Annesley Moore-Jumonville
Honors Projects
Though literary modernism has been historically characterized as atheistic and anti-traditional, new critical voices are emerging that argue for the presence of the sacred in modernist texts. This paper joins those voices by proposing, along with the reexamination of the sacred in nonreligious writers like Woolf and Joyce, a reexamination of specifically religious work and on its own terms. The modern Catholic novel, in particular, with its focus on the eternal significance of humanity, deserves this attention. The paper offers Sigrid Undset’s 1920, Nobel Prize wining, Catholic trilogy, Kristin Lavransdatter, as a significant (and unjustly overlooked) text of the period, …
News From The Swenson Center: The 2018 Dagmar And Nils William Olsson Visiting Scholar Awards,
2018
Augustana College
News From The Swenson Center: The 2018 Dagmar And Nils William Olsson Visiting Scholar Awards
Swedish American Genealogist
No abstract provided.
