ผู้เขียน: Heather O. Donoghue

English Poetry and Old Norse Myth: A History traces the influence of Old Norse myth — stories and poems about the familiar gods and goddesses of the pagan North, such as Odin, Thor, Baldr and Freyja …

Skaldic Verse and the Poetics of Saga Narrative is a study of the varying relationships between verse and prose in a series of Old Norse-Icelandic saga narratives. It shows how the interplay of skald …

Beowulf is the longest and finest literary work to have come down to us from Anglo-Saxon times, and one of the world’s greatest epic poems. Set in the half-legendary, half historical Scandinavian pas …

Beowulf is the longest and finest literary work to have come down to us from Anglo-Saxon times, and one of the world’s greatest epic poems. Set in the half-legendary, half historical Scandinavian pas …

From runic inscriptions to sagas, this book introduces readers to the colourful world of Old Norse-Icelandic literature. * An introduction to the colourful world of Old Norse-Icelandic literature. * …

Whether they focus on Thor’s powerful hammer, the wailing Valkyrie, the palatial home of the gods – Asgard – or ravenous wolves and fierce elemental giants, the Norse myths are packed with rowdy inci …

The essays here engage with the ways in which the Anglo-Saxons and their literature have been received, confronted, and re-envisioned in the modern imagination. An excellent collection… breaks new …

The essays here, united by their appreciation of the centrality of translation to the interpretation of the medieval past, add to our understanding of how the old is continually made anew The first d …

An exciting new collection of essays exploring the startling variety of transformations of Old Norse texts, and their legacy in later literary cultures. The ‘Viking Age’ of medieval Scandinavia, with …

An exciting new collection of essays exploring the startling variety of transformations of Old Norse texts, and their legacy in later literary cultures.The "Viking Age" of medieval Scandina …

Representative of a unique literary genre and composed in the 13th and 14th centuries, the Icelandic Family Sagas rank among some of the world’s greatest literature. Here, Heather O’Donoghue skilfull …

Representative of a unique literary genre and composed in the 13th and 14th centuries, the Icelandic Family Sagas rank among some of the world’s greatest literature. Here, Heather O’Donoghue skilfull …

Whether they focus on Thor’s powerful hammer, the mysterious valkyries, the palatial home of the gods – Asgard – or ravenous wolves and fierce elemental giants, the Norse myths are packed with vivid …

From Asgard to Valhalla takes readers deep inside Odin’s cavernous hall and tells of the adventures, tragedies and lessons of the Viking Gods. Here, Heather O’Donoghue skillfully uncovers both the hi …

From Asgard to Valhalla takes readers deep inside Odin’s cavernous hall and tells of the adventures, tragedies and lessons of the Viking Gods. Here, Heather O’Donoghue skillfully uncovers both the hi …

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The Old English epic poem Beowulf has an established reputation as a canonical text. And yet the original poem has remained inaccessible to all but experienced scholars of Old English. This book aims …

The Old English epic poem Beowulf has an established reputation as a canonical text. And yet the original poem has remained inaccessible to all but experienced scholars of Old English. This book aims …