Formulaic theme and wisdom in Eddic poetry

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Formulaic theme and wisdom in Eddic poetry

This thesis explores how wisdom was delivered in Eddic poetry via the mechanism of formulaic theme. It demonstrates how the delivery of wisdom was a vital part of Eddic poetry, and that even poems not typically counted amongst the wisdom canon contain the same elements found in texts such as Hávamál...

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Main Author:	Mawford, Christopher
Format:	Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:	English
Published:	2025
Subjects:	Formulaic theme wisdom Eddic poetry Old English Old Norse
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/80222/

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