Matthias Egeler & Wilhelm Heizmann 
Between the Worlds [EPUB ebook] 
Contexts, Sources, and Analogues of Scandinavian Otherworld Journeys

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The rich corpus of literary otherworld journeys that has survived from the Scandinavian – and especially the Icelandic – Middle Ages is in many respects tied to a space ‘Between the Worlds’. Every otherworld journey quite literally engages with a space ‘between the worlds’ in the sense that it plays itself out between this world and a world beyond, an otherworld. Yet this is not all. Also in terms of its cultural context this branch of the literature of the medieval North takes up a position situated midway between a broad range of poles. Texts from the Christian period treat pre-Christian mythology; allegedly pre-Christian material is studded with Christian motifs; Scandinavian texts adapt the learning and literature of the European continent, Ireland, and the classical Mediterranean; and Finnish narratives in turn appear to adapt Scandinavian narrative patterns. The volume presents a rich panorama of a broad range of very different – Scandinavian, Finno-Ugric, Greek, Latin, Celtic, Ancient Near Eastern, and archaeological – perspectives on the topic of the ‘otherworld journey’, which contextualises the motif of the otherworld journey in Old Norse-Icelandic literature in an unprecedented breadth.

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Wilhelm Heizmann; Matthias Egeler, LMU München.

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Langue Allemand ● Format EPUB ● Pages 729 ● ISBN 9783110625103 ● Taille du fichier 14.5 MB ● Éditeur Matthias Egeler & Wilhelm Heizmann ● Maison d’édition De Gruyter ● Lieu Berlin/Boston ● Publié 2020 ● Édition 1 ● Téléchargeable 24 mois ● Devise EUR ● ID 7481199 ● Protection contre la copie Adobe DRM
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