Cold Counsel: Women in Old Norse Literature and Mythology : a Collection of EssaysSarah M. Anderson, Karen Swenson Cold Counsel is the only collection devoted to the place of women in Old Norse literature and culture. It draws upon the disciplines of history, sociology, feminism, ethnography and psychoanalysis in order to raise fresh questions about such new subjects as gender, class, sexuality, family structure and ideology in medieval Iceland. |
Contents
Women and Insults in | 1 |
Hildigunnrs Lament | 15 |
The Case | 55 |
The Rise of Patriarchy and | 81 |
The Reemergence of Womens Voices in Icelandic | 93 |
The Problem of Women | 129 |
Gender Class and Discourse in Þrymskviða | 159 |
Hver er að ráða? | 167 |
The Case | 201 |
Female Characters of Eyrbyggja | 225 |
The Absenting of Woman | 245 |
The Skalds Jórunn Auðr | 261 |
Discourse of Community in Hávamál | 273 |
The Case | 281 |
The Contributors | 295 |
Laxdæla saga ch 49 | 189 |
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