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In 1797, the English translator and poet Amos Simon Cottle published his Icelandic Poetry or The Edda of Saemund, a translation of a mediaeval collection of Old Norse poems known as The Poetic Edda.

The course gives an overview over the preserved eddic poems. Theories and methods of studying the eddic poetry as an oral tradition, are treated in the course. The relationship between theories of ...

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Poets have a way of incorporating other poets into their work. Our columnist approves. By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays include, most recently, “Normal ...

To the editor: I write this without pause. I live in Pasadena, not far from the Eaton fire. My brain is currently processing the horrific events in Los Angeles County and how these catastrophic ...

Their devilish deeds remain firmly stamped in our contemporary consciousness; most are familiar with the famous stories of the Edda, the seminal Medieval Icelandic literary works to which we owe ...

Most of this is owed to Morrissey’s ability to craft immensely poetic lyrics that hinge on the multifaceted nature of life, drawing from complexities that coast the line between satire and realism.

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Dr. Edda L. Fields-Black is a Professor in the Department of History and the Director of the Dietrich College Humanities Center at Carnegie Mellon University. Her research specialty is the ...