The Elder Edda and ancient Scandinavian drama
By: by Bertha S. Phillpotts
Publisher: At the University Press
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
Subjects: Scandinavian drama; Edda Sæmundar
Notes: Microfilm. [New York, N.Y.] : New York Public Library Preservation Laboratory, 1988. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
Table of contents: title: The Eddic problem.; title: The Edda poems.; title: The Edda poems in relation to other early Scandinavian verse.; title: The chant-metre poems.; title: Mythological poems in old-lore metre.; title: Lost poems in chant-metre.; title: Icelandic tradition and the Norwegian poems.; title: Characteristics of Norwegian Eddic poetry.; title: Evidence for indigenous drama in Scandinavia.; title: Plots of the Eddic dramas.; title: Characters of the fertility drama.; title: Actors and authors. The chorus. The scene.; title: The beginnings of tragedy. The Greek analogy.; title: Conclusion.