The Resource Laughing shall I die : lives and deaths of the great Vikings, Tom Shippey
Laughing shall I die : lives and deaths of the great Vikings, Tom Shippey
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- Summary
- "Viking literature is dominated by famous last stands, famous last words, death songs and defiant gestures, all laced with grim humour. Much of this mindset is alien to modern sentiment, and academics have accordingly shunned it. And yet, it is the same worldvew that has always powered the popular public image of the Vikings - with their berserkers, valkeyries and cults of Valhalla and Ragnarok - and has also been corroborated by archaeological discoveries. Was it this mindset that powered the sudden eruption of the Vikings onto the European scene? Was it a belief in heroic death that made them so lastingly successful against so many bellicose opponents? Weighing the evidence of sagas and poetry against the accounts of the Vikings' victims, Tom Shippey considers these questions as he plumbs the complexities of Viking psychology and recounts many of the great bravura scenes of Old Norse literature, including the Fall of the House of Skjoldunds, the clash between two great longships Ironbeard and Long Serpent, and the death of Thormod the skald."--Book jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Contents
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- Appendix A: On poetry: types, texts, translations -- Appendix B: On sagas: types, texts, translations -- Appendix C: Snorri Sturluson
- Part three: The tale in the North (9. Thje Jarls and the Jomvikings: a study in Drengshapr ; A tale of two Olafs; or the tales people tell ; 11. A tale of two Haralds: Viking endgame ; 12. Viking aftermath: the nine grins of Skarphedin Njalsson)
- Part two: Moving to the bigger picture (6. Weaving the web of war: the road to Clontarf ; 7. Two big winners: the road to Normandy ; 8. Furs and slaves, wealtha nd death: the road to Miklagard)
- Preface -- Introduction -- Part one: Dying hard (1. The Viking mindset: three case studies ; 2. Hygelac and Hrolf: false dawn for the Vikings ; 3. Volsungs and Nibelungs: avenging female Furies ; 4. Ragnar and the Ragnarssons: snakebite and success ; 5. Egil the Ugly and King Blood-axe: poetry and the psychopath)
- Isbn
- 9781780239507
- Label
- Laughing shall I die : lives and deaths of the great Vikings
- Title
- Laughing shall I die
- Title remainder
- lives and deaths of the great Vikings
- Statement of responsibility
- Tom Shippey
- Title variation
- Lives and deaths of the great Vikings
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Viking literature is dominated by famous last stands, famous last words, death songs and defiant gestures, all laced with grim humour. Much of this mindset is alien to modern sentiment, and academics have accordingly shunned it. And yet, it is the same worldvew that has always powered the popular public image of the Vikings - with their berserkers, valkeyries and cults of Valhalla and Ragnarok - and has also been corroborated by archaeological discoveries. Was it this mindset that powered the sudden eruption of the Vikings onto the European scene? Was it a belief in heroic death that made them so lastingly successful against so many bellicose opponents? Weighing the evidence of sagas and poetry against the accounts of the Vikings' victims, Tom Shippey considers these questions as he plumbs the complexities of Viking psychology and recounts many of the great bravura scenes of Old Norse literature, including the Fall of the House of Skjoldunds, the clash between two great longships Ironbeard and Long Serpent, and the death of Thormod the skald."--Book jacket
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Shippey, T. A
- Dewey number
- 948/.022
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DL31
- LC item number
- .S54 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Overdrive
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Civilization, Viking
- Old Norse literature
- Vikings
- Label
- Laughing shall I die : lives and deaths of the great Vikings, Tom Shippey
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-351) and index
- Contents
-
- Appendix A: On poetry: types, texts, translations -- Appendix B: On sagas: types, texts, translations -- Appendix C: Snorri Sturluson
- Part three: The tale in the North (9. Thje Jarls and the Jomvikings: a study in Drengshapr ; A tale of two Olafs; or the tales people tell ; 11. A tale of two Haralds: Viking endgame ; 12. Viking aftermath: the nine grins of Skarphedin Njalsson)
- Part two: Moving to the bigger picture (6. Weaving the web of war: the road to Clontarf ; 7. Two big winners: the road to Normandy ; 8. Furs and slaves, wealtha nd death: the road to Miklagard)
- Preface -- Introduction -- Part one: Dying hard (1. The Viking mindset: three case studies ; 2. Hygelac and Hrolf: false dawn for the Vikings ; 3. Volsungs and Nibelungs: avenging female Furies ; 4. Ragnar and the Ragnarssons: snakebite and success ; 5. Egil the Ugly and King Blood-axe: poetry and the psychopath)
- Control code
- on1044976326
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781780239507
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- 87238463-48B9-40D9-9CA9-C3C646A5ABB0
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1044976326
- Label
- Laughing shall I die : lives and deaths of the great Vikings, Tom Shippey
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-351) and index
- Contents
-
- Appendix A: On poetry: types, texts, translations -- Appendix B: On sagas: types, texts, translations -- Appendix C: Snorri Sturluson
- Part three: The tale in the North (9. Thje Jarls and the Jomvikings: a study in Drengshapr ; A tale of two Olafs; or the tales people tell ; 11. A tale of two Haralds: Viking endgame ; 12. Viking aftermath: the nine grins of Skarphedin Njalsson)
- Part two: Moving to the bigger picture (6. Weaving the web of war: the road to Clontarf ; 7. Two big winners: the road to Normandy ; 8. Furs and slaves, wealtha nd death: the road to Miklagard)
- Preface -- Introduction -- Part one: Dying hard (1. The Viking mindset: three case studies ; 2. Hygelac and Hrolf: false dawn for the Vikings ; 3. Volsungs and Nibelungs: avenging female Furies ; 4. Ragnar and the Ragnarssons: snakebite and success ; 5. Egil the Ugly and King Blood-axe: poetry and the psychopath)
- Control code
- on1044976326
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781780239507
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- 87238463-48B9-40D9-9CA9-C3C646A5ABB0
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1044976326
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