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- catalog abstract ""This book is the first major study for fifty years of the evidence for some form of drama in early Scandinavia. Terry Gunnell examines the dialogic poems of the Poetic Edda, preserved in manuscripts from the late thirteenth century, from the viewpoints of both the performer and the audience, and argues that in order to be fully understood by the audience, the poems must have been presented in some dramatic fashion, and not merely chanted. He then points to certain characteristics, found only in the manuscripts of these dialogic poems and in contemporary manuscripts of dramatic works from England and northern France, as further evidence that in the thirteenth century the dialogic poems must have been regarded as dramatic works." "This examination is accompanied by what is probably the most complete review to date of the evidence for some kind of ritual drama having existed in pagan Scandinavia. This review looks not only at the archaeological evidence concerning the use of masks and costumes, but also at the information contained in the sagas, and contemporary historical accounts from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. In addition to this, a detailed review is made of those later dramatic folk traditions from Scandinavia (including Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Shetland and Orkney) that seem to have ancient roots, such as the traditions of the Yule-goat (julebukk) and the straw man."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b7188019.
- catalog coverage "Scandinavia Antiquities.".
- catalog created "1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1995.".
- catalog description ""This book is the first major study for fifty years of the evidence for some form of drama in early Scandinavia. Terry Gunnell examines the dialogic poems of the Poetic Edda, preserved in manuscripts from the late thirteenth century, from the viewpoints of both the performer and the audience, and argues that in order to be fully understood by the audience, the poems must have been presented in some dramatic fashion, and not merely chanted. He then points to certain characteristics, found only in the manuscripts of these dialogic poems and in contemporary manuscripts of dramatic works from England and northern France, as further evidence that in the thirteenth century the dialogic poems must have been regarded as dramatic works." "This examination is accompanied by what is probably the most complete review to date of the evidence for some kind of ritual drama having existed in pagan Scandinavia. This review looks not only at the archaeological evidence concerning the use of masks and costumes, but also at the information contained in the sagas, and contemporary historical accounts from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. In addition to this, a detailed review is made of those later dramatic folk traditions from Scandinavia (including Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Shetland and Orkney) that seem to have ancient roots, such as the traditions of the Yule-goat (julebukk) and the straw man."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-398) and index.".
- catalog extent "xxvi, 414 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0859914585 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY, USA : D.S. Brewer,".
- catalog spatial "Scandinavia Antiquities.".
- catalog spatial "Scandinavia.".
- catalog subject "839/.5 20".
- catalog subject "Drama, Medieval History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Eddas History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Folklore Scandinavia.".
- catalog subject "PT7082 .G86 1995".
- catalog subject "Scandinavian drama History and criticism.".
- catalog title "The origins of drama in Scandinavia / Terry Gunnell.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".